ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the technoscapes of changing aesthetics and work practice that new technology has brought to the dance world, as well as visualization and globalization in dance. Global collaborations in dance were exemplified in the beginning by the dance production Ghosts and Astronauts, which was performed in London and California at the same time via the Internet’s videoconference link. The Internet is often thought of in terms of globalization and transnational connections, and this applies to dance installations and performances from across the globe that can be accessed on the Internet. Technology and dance go as far back as the inventions of photography and film, including ritual dance in early flickering black-and-white ethnographic footage and Fred Astaire partnering Ginger Rogers in lighthearted romantic film. Dance videos are broadcast on television, stage dance is filmed for television, and dance is choreographed for television and recorded in a studio.
