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The Digital Archive of the Works of Ms. Tastue Sata, a leading Japanese creator of Modern Ballet
Minako Nakamura and Kohji Shibbano, JAPAN
We are developing a digital archive of the works of one of the pioneers of Japanese modern ballet, Ms. Tatsue Sata, who is still a leading choreographer in Japan. Ms. Sata’s creation of a new performance starts with writing choreographic notes, including annotated texts and visual symbols in handwritten forms. She then choreographs a dance through a series of rehearsal processes. Our archive comprises hand written choreo-graphic notes and memos, rehearsal videos, and a video of theatrical performances together with printed materials, including critiques. Using these data, we are developing a hypermedia digital archive of Ms. Sata’s works.
In the past, documenting the complete works of an artist usually meant creating a collection of published books or papers. It was not possible to include records of live performances. However, today, by using state-of-the-art hypermedia technologies, it is possible to weave text (including handwritten notes), images, audio, and video to form a comprehensive collection. We expect that a user of our digital archive will be able to understand Ms. Sata’s works better. Since she is still actively creating new ballets, we may also include interviews with her about her works.
We have just started the project. In this paper, we use Ms. Sata’s short performance entitled “Sonnet,” as an example to explain our approach to developing a hypermedia dance archive.
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