The Circuit
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“The Circuit” is a collaboration of innovative performance and visual artists who combine their talents to create experimental media and performance that fuse the beauty of dance, movement and sound with pioneering digital technologies. Together the artists create a magical space in which technology takes its role as more than just a tool, but as an equal partner in the performance. This new partner allows the performers to create a space of innovative wonder as their very movement generates changes in sound, light and large-scale projections. The company, comprised of experts in movement, dance, new media and digital technology development, will transport the audience to new realms of imagination.
The Circuit Members:
| Heidi Kirchofer, co-founder of the performance troupe Matica Arts, has toured internationally performing circus and world music at the Parque Bararida & Carnival in Venezuela, Arts in the Park in New Jersey, The International Festival of Arts and Ideas in Connecticut and Strolling of the Heifers in Vermont among numerous other venues. Her specialties are dance and the moving arts, percussion, prop and fire manipulation/dance, stilt-walking and building costumes. |  |
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| Joel Melendez, co-founder of the performance troupe Matica Arts, has traveled the Americas from north to south performing and learning. Gifted in improvisational and acrobatic skills, capoeria dance, unicycling, juggling and clowning, he is a "physical artist" who loves exploring the vast capabilities of the human body. |  |
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Modern dancer Edwin Olvera has been traveling the world as a member of Pilobolus Dance Theater since 2005. Some of his most memorable moments in the company include artistic collaborations with Inbal Pinto Dance Company of Israel and master puppeteer Basil Twist of NYC. He has performed on several television shows including Extra, Born to Dance of Israel, Sesame Street and the NFL Channel. Edwin has also been featured in the magazines “Dancer” and “Dance”. |
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| New media artist and co-founder of The Circuit, Balam Soto, merges digital technologies with traditional mixed media to create exploratory works that expand the perception of technology and art. By programming his works to react to pre-determined stimuli in the environment, Balam creates artistic works that interact with individuals and involve them in a sustained creative process. An award-winning and prolific artist, he has exhibited his works at the Queens Museum of Art in New York, the Centre Cultural in Belgium and Museum Miraflores in Guatemala among numerous other worldwide fine art venues. Balam Soto conceptualized the visual imagery and developed the custom software and hardware for this unique performance |  |
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| Jade Soto has been studying ballet and modern at Connecticut Concert Ballet since 2007 where she has performed in several dance productions, including “The Nutcracker” and “Midsummer Night’s Dream”. She has also performed in various artistic venues, including the Attleboro Arts Museum in Massachusetts, with new media works created by “The Circuit” co-founder, Balam Soto |  |
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