Window Wall™
Window Wall™ provides educational courses in the field of dance offered through online, non-downloadable videos, personal live instruction and educational opportunities between teachers and students world wide. With Window Wall™’s unique technology it allows an innovative approach to high quality life-size video conferencing and real-time connectivity. People from separate remote physical locations can meet as if they are actually present in the same room.
Students dance together in one space and with other dancers virtually
How does it work?
The primary feature of Window Wall™ is a flexible projection window-up to 30 feet wide by 20 high-suitable for any sized room. The image is projected directly onto studio walls (no screen or monitors needed) and allows educators and students located in different locations to interact at a full, life-size scale.
The high-resolution image creates the experience of looking directly from one studio to another and allows teachers and students to utilize the whole room for delivering content. Window Wall™ is a unique, life-size teaching platform providing a remote experience which is as real as being there. Additional features include: sophisticated sound mixing, dynamic lighting, and facial recognition auto-tracking cameras.
Pictured: Dancers in New York City working with Christopher d’Amboise located in Virginia
How is it used?
Window Wall™ (as part of the LIVE Center) was used at George Mason University to facilitate 25 socially distanced classes (24 class sessions each) for the School of Dance throughout the Fall 2020 semester. In addition, Window Wall™ allowed for Hope Boykin (pictured in top right photo) of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to do a seven week residency with Mason students while she remained in New York, and connected Broadway actress Laura Osnes to Mason Theater students for a masterclass. Window Wall™ systems were also used for two special events: Drive-In Dance an outdoor performance where students danced with accompanying projections, and Beyond the Stage where an outdoor, socially distanced audience watched student-made dance films projected on exterior walls of the Concert Hall.
Pictured: A virtual rendering of how Window Wall™ can work across three studios with students and one with the instructor.
Upcoming Events…
Masterclass with Broadway Stars!
Laura Osnes leading a class using The Window Wall™
We will be using Window Wall™ to hold a joint class between students at George Mason University, Shenandoah University and Emerson College. With the teacher in New York City, Window Wall™ will allow the students to feel as though they are in the same room with the teacher.
(Fall 2021)
Havana & New York
The Cuban Contemporary Dance Company in class
We will be holding a two-way educational collaboration between artists in New York City and Havana Cuba. This week long event will include reciprocal masterclass, lectures and presentations, as well as interaction between local dancers and performers.
(Fall 2021)