David Resnick music, movement, visuals, vibrations, hardware, code

This collaborative multimedia project was created by myself, Michael Braverman-Scult, and Evolving Media Network (Daniel Stone, James Curcio, and Sarah Dudzic) for my senior project at Bard College and mine and Michael’s final project for Bob Bielecki’s electronic arts class.

Ram is based on a section of the Ramayana wherein Rama meets Sita, Ram gets distracted by a deer and runs off, Sita is kidnapped by Ravana’s demons and taken to Lanka. Rama goes in search of her and, on the way, enlists the help of Hanuman and his army. They find their way to Lanka, battle Ravana’s demons, and rescue Sita.

Ram was created out of a discussion that Michael and I had in class, about what it would be like to create a dance piece intended for video and to use the video medium to do things with dance that you can’t do on stage.

Music composed by David Resnick
Choreography by Michael Braverman-Scult
Directed by Daniel Stone, David Resnick
Photography by James Curcio
Edited by Daniel Stone
Costumes by Sarah Dudzic and James Curcio
Sound engineered, mixed, and mastered by David Resnick
Produced by Evolving Media Network

Dancers: Michael Braverman-Scult (Rama), David Resnick (Hanuman), Dages Keates (Sita), Christi Mueller (Demon), Meagan Leatherbury (Dear, Hanuman’s army), Angelina (Demon).

Musicians: David Resnick (synthesizers, guitar, drums, drum programming, digital manipulation), Daniel Stone (vocals), Ehren Hanson (tabla), Bill Ylitalo (saxophone, gamelan), James Curcio (bass), Megan Bodane (flute), Mills Baker (drums), Molly Zenobia (vocals), Sarah Dudzic (vocals). Gamelan: David Resnick, Bill Ylitalo, Daniel Gibson, Meagan Leatherbury, Nikki. Improvised mass: David Resnick, Daniel Stone, James Curcio, Sarah Dudzic, Jonathan Metnetsky.