The Creation of IGiselle : Classical Ballet Meets Contemporary Video Games
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| Title: | The Creation of IGiselle : Classical Ballet Meets Contemporary Video Games |
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| Description: | The unusual marriage of Romantic ballet and artificial intelligence is an intriguing idea that led a team of interdisciplinary researchers to design iGiselle, a video game prototype. Scholars in the fields of literature, physical education, music, design, and computer science collaborated to revise the tragic narrative of the nineteenth-century ballet Giselle, allowing players to empower the heroine for possible ”feminine endings.” The eight interrelated chapters chronicle the origin, development, and fruition of the project. Dancers, gamers, and computer specialists will all find something original that will stimulate their respective interests. Contributors: Vadim Bulitko, Wayne DeFehr, Christina Gier, Pirkko Markula, Mark Morris, Sergio Poo Hernandez, Emilie St. Hilaire, Nora Foster Stovel, Laura Sydora |
| Authors: | Nora Foster Stovel |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Video games--Design, Video games, Artificial intelligence, Ballet, Ballet--Social aspects, Video games--Social aspects |
| Categories: | PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / Classical & Ballet, COMPUTERS / Programming / Games |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The unusual marriage of Romantic ballet and artificial intelligence is an intriguing idea that led a team of interdisciplinary researchers to design iGiselle, a video game prototype. Scholars in the fields of literature, physical education, music, design, and computer science collaborated to revise the tragic narrative of the nineteenth-century ballet Giselle, allowing players to empower the heroine for possible ”feminine endings.” The eight interrelated chapters chronicle the origin, development, and fruition of the project. Dancers, gamers, and computer specialists will all find something original that will stimulate their respective interests. Contributors: Vadim Bulitko, Wayne DeFehr, Christina Gier, Pirkko Markula, Mark Morris, Sergio Poo Hernandez, Emilie St. Hilaire, Nora Foster Stovel, Laura Sydora |
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| ISBN: | 9781772123814 9781772124415 9781772124422 9781772124439 |
