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Slideshow: When the Dance Is the Game

Capacitor, a San Francisco group of experimental movement artists, combines video game technology with dance to create a striking performance piece. By Lisa Delgado.
Wood is a 3D animated character in the dance piece
"Wood" is a 3-D animated character in the dance pieceAvatars.

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, where it mirrors the movements of juggler Zack Bernstein.
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This 3-D animated character, "earth," was created using motion capture technology.
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In a "villainous ballet" sequence, a dancer is held captive in the air. Jamie Duggan holds the ropes, and Jocelynn Rudig is the dancer in the air.
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A fire twirler's motion served as a basis for this character.
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Capacitor director Jodi Lomask's movement was used to create this water character.
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Chih-Ting Shih plays the role of "wood" in

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a dance piece with characters representing the Chinese elements earth, wood, metal, fire and water.
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Capacitor director Jodi Lomask plays "water" in

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