Photo by Tyler Fairbanks
Lisa Nelson
LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning Scores." Nelson travels widely to perform, teach, and create dances and maintains long-term collaborations with other artists, including Steve Paxton, Daniel Lepkoff, and Image Lab—Scott Smith, KJ Holmes, and Karen Nelson. She co-edits Contact Quarterly dance journal since '76 (www.contactquarterly.com), was encouraged by a Bessie Award in 1987 and an Alpert Award in 2002. Currently creating a real-time video editing application and 3D graphic computer game with Contredanse in Brussels, her writings are accessible on MovementResearch.org Critical Correspondance, and oralsite.be/pages/Anthology-Lisa-Nelson. She lives in Vermont.
Faculty,
MELT Faculty
Upcoming Classes & Events
Past Classes & Events
MELT – TUNING SCORES Laboratory - Composition, communication, and the sense of imagination |
Jan 20 – Jan 24, 2020 | melt |
MELT open showing: TUNING SCORES Laboratory - Composition, communication, and the sense of imagination |
January 18, 2019 | melt |
[email protected] – Studies Project: Creating the Score |
January 17, 2019 | event |
MELT – TUNING SCORES Laboratory - Composition, communication, and the sense of imagination |
Jan 17 – Jan 18, 2019 | melt |
MELT – TUNING SCORES Laboratory - Composition, communication, and the sense of imagination |
Jan 12 – Jan 16, 2019 | melt |