Yue-Ling Wong, Ph.D
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Research :: Stereoscopic Viewing for Live Performance

In October, 2003, I submitted an Archie Fund application to seek funding for creation of 3D stereo anaglyphic animation and an interactive 3D virtual marionette for a dance performance. The project was funded in December 2003.

The dance performance, called Fibonacci + Phi,1 was a production of Alban Elved Dance Company2 in collaboration with me and other Wake Forest faculty, students and staff members. It was performed on December 4-7, 2003 in MainStage at Wake Forest Scale Fine Art Center. It received very good reviews from the Winston-Salem Journal.

I continued to collaborate with the dance company for another new production, called The Bridge.3 Having learned from the experience of the successful stereo animation in the first performance, I wanted to push the envelop of the 3D stereo animation incorporation in this second production by experimenting with a more advanced and elaborated technique that allows full color viewing. This technique is basically the same 3D stereoscopic projection technique used in theme parks and IMAX 3D. The animation was also created much longer for this second production. The dance was performed on December 2-5, 2004 in MainStage at Wake Forest Scale Fine Art Center. It again received an exceptional review from the Winston-Salem Journal. The review described the 3D stereo animation as "stunning" and "far more striking than those in last year's collaboration."

1Click here to see detailed description, photos, and videos of my work in Fibonacci + Phi.
2Alban Elved Dance Company Web site: http://www.albanelved.com/
3Click here to see detailed description, photos, and videos of my work in The Bridge.