Hello All!

So it’s been rather quiet on the Geeksdanz front, but that doesn’t mean it’s been quiet on the geek front, oh no. My friends and I went to Anime Central, a large anime and videogame convention in Chicago, towards the middle of May. We cosplayed (translated: dressed up) as the entire cast of one of our favorite videogames, Chrono Trigger, and paraded around the hotel and convention center all weekend. We were a big hit at the convention, so much so that a small geek website interviewed us each individually for a web video. Well, that video has finally been posted, and I’ll present it to you now, courtesy of YouTube and Henshin Justice Unlimited:

On a (somewhat) more serious note, plans ARE in the works for the first ever Geeksdanz concert! The project is still in the scheming stages, but thanks to a generous graduation gift from my grandparents, it will most definitely be happening at some point. The current frontrunner idea is as follows:

ACT 1: Gaming Past and Present

A series of solos, one for each dancer in the concert, that deal with the gameplay and/or character-related aspects of several popular videogames throughout the years, from Castlevania in 1988 to last year’s wonder child, Portal.

ACT 2: The D&D Dance

The second half of the evening would contain a longer group work for six dancers based around the world of tabletop Role-Playing, specifically Dungeons & Dragons. Current ideas for this dance center around the use of dice rolls to determine the outcome of various situations and the juxtaposition of literal movement versus metaphorical action.

More updates will be forthcoming as this project begins in earnest.

~Ellen