Adaptive & Multidimensional Contexts: an Exploration of
Motion Capture Technology and Native American Dance Documentation

Project Coordinators
Maria Palazzi, Director of ACCAD
Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris, Department of Art Education

ACCAD staff
Brian Windsor, Graphics Research Specialist, ACCAD
Ryan English, GRA, Department of Design

Native American Dancers
Kelly Keemer - Iroquois Seneca
Craig Marvin - Iroquois Mohawk
Renee Navarro - Apache
Heidi Starwalker - Muscogee Creek

Project: New Motion Capture technology provides rich possibilities to explore, fully digitally archive and critically examine the relatively undocumented and therefore invisible traditions and adaptations of Native American dance. In response, investigators have fostered a residency think tank experience including dancers, students and audiences to explore and address these issues and produce a best practices model for the use of Motion Capture as an archival and analysis resource for ethnic dance preservation and cultural inquiry.