Life in a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. B.M.A.T.C., and Etruscan typewriter erasers. Blogged by David Gorsline.
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Dance Theatre of Harlem, Balanchine mixed bill, Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington
The evening opens with a serviceable Apollo, performed with the pantomime-heavy birth prolog. There's a beautiful, simple gesture of Apollo's that reminds me of a similar pose in Serenade: the dancer stands with one arm raised, palm to the sky, as if hailing a celestial taxicab. The company delivers a percussive Prodigal Son, with more hand-slapping and foot-stamping than I remember. I treasure traditions and canons as much as anyone, but I must speak: the combination picket fence/tavern table unit is something I could do without. The fence clashes badly with the rest of George Rouault's set and costumes. The dance would be better served by two set pieces: a table that looks like a table, and barrier that looks like a barrier. Things wrap up with a snappy Agon. What a felicitous costume choice to put the men in black tights and white slippers: one's eye just goes right to those dancin' feet. Ikolo Griffin, a late replacement, dances an nice angular solo in the first pas the Trois. Alicia Graf handles the contortions of the pas de deux, though not without visible effort. posted: 11:45:12 PM |
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A glimpse of the future from Cypak AB:
The Swedish technology company has created the world's first disposable
paperboard computer by integrating innovative microelectronics and printable
sensors into paperboard.
* * * The Cypak paperboard computer is not a PC, but it still matches the definition of a computer as it can collect, process and exchange several pages of encrypted data. The product is enabled by Cypak S2C technology, a new RFID (Radio frequency Identification) technology, bringing new functionality and security to a lower cost than current definition. The technology is based on a small chip-based electronic module and printable sensors which can be integrated into a vast range of material and products, such as: packaging, plastic cards, adhesive, etc., to monitor the objects and collect time-tagged data. Expected applications (Cypak intends to license the technology) include smart pharmaceutical packaging and courier packages that can report when they've been opened. posted: 3:27:01 PM |
 D. Gorsline, Proprietor
   
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