Privacy Settings
(2014)Privacy Settings takes a tongue and cheek, in-depth look at how our lives are connected in the world of social media and digital technology: what goes public, what remains private and the gray, often diluted areas of truth. Using Selfies, GoPro, overhead video cameras, and reality TV, the performance combines high-energy contemporary modern dance with projections both recorded and live from behind-the-scenes, overhead and on stage. Real time voting for “The Winner” ensures a different ending for every performance.
Length of Dance: 35 minutes
# of Performers: 6 plus an MC
Contact: education@soniaplumbdance.org
The Sections:
I – Go Pro It
II – Window Panes
III – Who Is Watching Whom
IV – Big Brother’s Amazing Survivor Race
Performances included talk-back and library discussions with local professors, psychologists and social media experts, including Mala Maticin (University of Hartford) and Marialice Curran (University of Saint Joseph). These conversations are designed to help audiences of all ages dissect our ever-changing world of social media and its impact on our lives…and our private choices.
Privacy Settings was developed during the Company’s residency at the University of Saint Joseph. Privacy Settings premiered in 2014.
Stage Manager/Ayla Kapiloff
Video Technician/Helder Mira
On Location Photographer/Nicole Battistone
Performance Photographer/Carrie Ricciardelli
Robyn Joyce/Lighting Designer
Gail Fresia/Costume Designer
Educational Consultants
Marialice B.F.X Curran/ University of Saint Joseph,
Mala Maticin/ University of Hartford
Artistic Team
Music
Music/So Percussion & Matmos; Alva Noto & Ryuichi Sakamoto; Michael Wall & Darren Morze; Kimmo Pohjonen, Samuli Kosminen, and Kronos QuartetMusic Editing/Michael Wall
Sponsors
University of Saint Joseph
CT Humanities
Ensworth Charitable Foundation
Hoffman Foundation
The Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation
SPECIAL THANKS TO…
Adams & Knight, Inc.
Don Carter
Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts
Dr. Robert Smith
Universalist Church of West Hartford