Poetics

When I came up with the Dance Remote experience, I had the concepts of interactivity and audience experience in mind. Dance Remote is a way of further engaging the audience in the art of dance with the use of new and evolving technology. By allowing the audience to choose and manipulate elements of the performance, the audience is no longer passive. The audience is more engaged in the performance because they influenced the outcome. With the purchase of a ticket, each audience member has access to a Dance Remote during the scheduled performance. The Dance Remote provides audience members with the opportunity to choose the dance style, theme, music genre, and props that will be used in the performance. A polling system collects the data from the Dance Remotes of the audience members to determine the elements of the dances that will be performed. As each show contains three acts, the audience has a total of three opportunities to see their selections be performed live on stage by our talented cast. The Dance Remote gives the audience access to countless combinations and possibilities, guaranteeing that each performance will be unique and an experience to remember.

In the creation of this website, my goal was to create a site that was geared towards the audience just like the Dance Remote experience would be. On the home page, the viewer is confronted with a video mash-up of different dancers and styles of dance that all fit with one song. This is meant to show a potential customer of the event that a performance can still be great even as the elements of performance are changed and manipulated. There is a button on the video that takes the viewer to the description of the Dance Remote, but there is also the option to click the about button at the top of the page to learn more about what this experience is suppose to be. The about page also has a link to the remote page because this page is the most important on the site.

On the remote page than can be reached through the home page and the about page, there is further description about what the remote is and a picture of a remote with buttons that link to pages related to the choices available on the Dance Remote as a way of simulating the experience of using the remote to control the dance performance. The buttons on the remote link to a style page, theme page, music page, and prop page which all provide available options and descriptions for those audience members who may not be as familiar with dance. This dance experience and website is meant to be easy to navigate and be comprehensible for all potential audience members, not just those who are knowledgeable about dance.

Since the site is set up as a simulation of the experience, there is a page titled “Cast” which lists choreographers and dancers, as well as the creator just as a program would have at a live performance. He dancers and choreographers on my current site are all famous pioneers of dance to simulate the prestige of the projected cast that would be involved in this live performance experience. The last page is a ticket/contact page that would allow for people to experience Dance Remote for real after they are hooked from the simulation on the website. I also made a note that audiences for each performance are small which creates more demand for tickets as well as allows for each audience member to have a stronger vote in the performances.

While there are many pages to go through, the site is designed to be easy to navigate for even the least tech-savvy individuals and simulate the experience of Dance Remote to get the viewer engaged in the idea and give them the desire to experience it in person. It is also slightly repetitive to highlight key points and create a clear picture of an abstract idea.

http://kendralafonte.wix.com/dance-remote