Within Time's Grip
MFA Thesis Concert
Within Time’s Grip is a 25-minute thesis concert depicting the story of a protagonist who reflects upon her life experiences. This piece featured extensive use of frontal and rear projection and premiered the motion-tracking software ViFlow, made in collaboration with the FSU Computer Science department.
Full length video below:
Within Time's Grip
Director, Projection Designer, Video and Music Editor: Jennifer Petuch
Rehearsal Assistant: Bridget Close
Technology Assistants: Bridget Close, Jillian Ley, and Samantha Scioneaux
Costume Designers: Jennifer Petuch and Mary Roberts
Lighting Designer: J. Russell Sandifer
Prelude: The Locker of Time
Choreographer: Jennifer Petuch
Music: The Turing Test by Ben Salisbury and Geo Barrow, Synthetic Humans: Genesis by Cristobal Tapia De Veer, Strange Cinematic Ambiance by Erick McNerney
Dancer: Jennifer Petuch
World I: Innocence
Choreographer: Jennifer Petuch
Music: Douglas Corbin
Videographers: Jillian Ley and Samantha Scioneaux
Video Source Material: Boscorelli Art
Dancer: Jennifer Petuch
Understudy: Caroline Labreche
World II: Manipulation
Choreographer: Jennifer Petuch in collaboration with Bridget Close, Caroline Labreche, Athena Lewis,
and Sarah Rose
Music: Out of the Frying Pan by Plaid
Videographer: Meagan Helman
Dancers: Caroline Labreche, Athena Lewis, Jennifer Petuch, and Sarah Rose
Understudies: Mara Goebelbecker and Caroline Labreche
World III: Game-on
Choreographer: Jennifer Petuch in collaboration with Bridget Close, Scott Lindenberg, Andre Lumpkin,
Ryan McMullen, and Samantha Scioneaux
Music: Mega Man 3: Intro Music by Yasuaki Fujita, SNES Top Gear Cover by Blix, Cantina Band (8 Bit Mad about me) by Music Legends, Triumph by nervous_testpilot
Videographers: Bridget Close and Jillian Ley
Video Source Material (Last section): Courtesy of Pixabay.com
Dancers: Scott Lindenburg, Andre Lumpkin, Ryan McMullen, and Jennifer Petuch
Understudy: Caroline Labreche
World IV: Coded
Choreographer: Jennifer Petuch
Music: Duo Contorsion by Armand Amar
Videographer: Mary Roberts
Video Source Material: Pond5.com
Dancer: Jennifer Petuch
Understudy: Caroline Labreche
ViFlow Research Team: Margareta Ackerman, James Bach, Taylor Brockhoeft, Victor Brunell, Ashleigh Davis, Emil Djerekarov, Raidel Hernandez, Nicolas Mauthes, Jarrod Moore, Rathna Ramesh, Eric Serbousek, and Gary Tyson
Sending a big thanks to J. Russell Sandifer and to my mentors Tim Glenn and Rodger Belman!
*Please click here to read my M.F.A. Thesis Proposal*
Photography by Meagan Helman