Proceedings of the 2009 R-research seminar

The Deakin Motion.Lab was excited to have Scott deLahunta and Wayne McGregor from Wayne McGregorIRandom Dance visit in late July 2009. <br /><br />Scott deLahunta is the director of R-Research, the research arm of Wayne McGregor|Random Dance based in London. McGregor is a multi-award winning, world renowned contemporary dance choreographer, and along with directing his own company, is also resident choreographer at The Royal Ballet in London.<br /><br />Together with Deakin Motion.Lab's Kim Vincs, deLahunta and McGregor gave a public presentation of their research, their philosophies, and the future of dance and technology, focussing specifically on the use of motion capture. <br /><br />Scott deLahunta's visit was supported by the British Council, the Australian Research Council Discovery Program (DP0987101). Thanks also to Random Dance, to R-Research Seminar co-presenter Dancehouse and to the Australian Ballet who supported Wayne McGregor's visit to Australia. <br />