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Interactive Dance Productions
Original Music for Choreography
Computer Multimedia Projects and Installations
Original Music for Theater and Film
Music for Orchestra
Commercial Recordings
Interactive Dance Productions
Interactive Dance Productions
SoundWave Surfing (version 2)
John Toenjes, choreography and programming, Tanner Funk, graphics; UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, February 2022
Patina
Renata Sheppard, choreography; John Toenjes, music and interactive digital projections, additional projections by Anja Hose and Kyungho Lee; UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, February 2019
INTERFACE: Alternate Reality
John Toenjes and Chad Michael Hall, creative conception; Toenjes, music composition, digital projections, cellphone programming; Hall, choreography; M. Anthony Reimer, Mosho (LAIT-based app) cellphone application programming: Claire Trevor School of the Arts Experimental Performance Lab (xMPL), UC-Irvine, February 2018
Perfect Broken
Renata Sheppard, choreography; John Toenjes, interactive digital projections; commission for Balletto Teatro di Torino: Lavanderia a Vapore theater, Turin, Italy, November 2017
http://www.ballettoteatroditorino.it/evento/perfect-broken-2/
Critical Mass
John Toenjes and Chad Michael Hall, creative conception; Toenjes, interactive digital projections, interactive programming, music composition; Hall, choreography; M. Anthony Reimer, LAIT cellphone application programming: UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; workshop showing April 2016, staged version February 2017
(video overview of dance and technology) https://youtu.be/5-JJJbWIctI
(complete dance) https://youtu.be/MTNqqzcOCuo
(workshop showing) https://youtu.be/VX8Ktb8_U2E
(video profile) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=273icuMRCWU
Interface: Public Figure
John Toenjes and Chad Michael Hall, creative conception; Toenjes, interactive digital projections, interactive programming, music composition, LAIT cellphone application implementation; Hall, choreography: Claire Trevor School of the Arts Experimental Performance Lab (xMPL), UC-Irvine, October 2015. Pasadena Dance Theater (CA); March 2016. Truckee Community Theater (CA); March 2016
(video currently unavailable)
Kama Begata Nihilum
John Toenjes, choreographer and artistic director, digital projections, original music; Janice Dulak, choreography; M. Anthony Reimer, LAIT programming: UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, February 2014
Timings: An Internet Dance
John Toenjes, producer and choreographer: Co-located Internet performance among dancers at UIUC, Northern Illinois University (DeKalb), and Digital Hollywood University (Tokyo, Japan), December 2013
(video focusing on SKITTR technology) https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=yYkanWePHH0
(excerpted performance) https://tinyurl.com/y836z5t6
(complete dance) https://youtu.be/RqgOi7kiCXs
fraMESHift
Renata Sheppard, John Toenjes and staff of the Virtual Reality MultiMedia Park (Turin, Italy) creative conception; John Toenjes interactive programming and sensor design: Teatro Astra, Turin, Italy, June 2011
there is some stuff on YouTube that could go in an explanatory web page
Astral Convertible (Reimagined)
Trisha Brown, choreography; John Toenjes original generative music, interactive programming, electronic sensor and stage set system design and programming: UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, February 2010
Inventions Suite, including Leonardo’s Chimes, Songs of the Elastic Halloon, and SoundWave Surfing (see separate pages on this site for more information)
John Toenjes and David Marchant, creative conception and choreography; Toenjes, generative music and instrument design/construction, dancer/singer: Featured Performers at the Ingenuity Festival, Cleveland, OH, July 2008
Leonardo's Chimes (Pt 1): https://youtu.be/BGJMpm1UeCE
Leonardo's Chimes (Pt 2): https://youtu.be/Wm3HIyyHOfQ
SoundWave Surfing: https://youtu.be/gKfWu9mK7wk
Songs of the Elastic Halloon: https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=x58NuLtaPoY
Ease of Water
Luc Vanier, choreography; John Toenjes original music and interactive installations: commissioned by the University of Wisconsin for the opening of the Kenilworth Performing Arts Building, Milwaukee, WI, June 2007
Instrument: the "Sea-Tique" https://youtu.be/QZB6_tiVOrA
Songs of the Elastic Halloon, version 1
John Toenjes, choreography, original music, interactive programming and set construction: UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, November 2007
Leonardo’s Chimes, version 1
John Toenjes and David Marchant, creative conception and choreography; Toenjes, generative music and instrument design/construction: SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Arts, Minneapolis, MN, March 2006; UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, November 2006; Washington University, St. Louis, September 2006
(excerpts) https://youtu.be/XYLK2P5xRWo
Mangle on the Fly
Linda Lehovec and John Toenjes, creative conception; Toenjes, music composition and interactive programming; Lehovec, choreography: UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, November 2003; Beloit College, Beloit, WI, November 2003; also featured at American College Dance Festival Internet2 technology showcase, performance simultaneously at University of Utah and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, March 2004
Original Music for Choreography
Original Music for Choreography
Value Intensity
Todd Williams, choreography: 92nd Street Y/Harkness Dance Festival at The Ailey Citigroup Theater Joan Weill Center for Dance, New York, February 2006
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Todd Williams, choreography: Draftwork, presented by Danspace Project, St. Mark’s Church, New York; January 2005. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, NY; February 2006. 92nd Street Y/Harkness Dance Festival, Alwin Ailey Theater, New York; February 2006
Attic Smells
Sara Hook, choreography: UIUC Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, January 2003. Sweat Series at Debaun Auditorium, Hoboken, NJ, March 2003
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Madrenias
Fred Darsow, choreography: Stephens College, Columbia, MO; April 2001. 92nd St. Y, New York, June 2001
Pieces of the Puzzle
Lyn Elam, choreography: University of Texas at Austin, February 1998
Sticks and Stones
Janice Dulak, choreography: Stephens College, Columbia, MO, April 1996
The Jumblies
Halcyon Perlman, choreography: Rhynsburger Theater, Columbia, MO, May 1993
Illusions
Kay Henderson, choreography: Stephens College, Columbia, MO, April 1993
Ring Toss
Janice Dulak, choreography: Stephens College, Columbia, MO, April 1992
Sources
Janice Dulak, choreography: SUNY Brockport, NY, December 1990; University of Nevada at Las Vegas, May 1990
Stripping Bark
Janice Dulak and John Toenjes, choreography: New Performance Gallery, San Francisco, October 1988
Danse Nuage
Janice Dulak and John Toenjes, choreography: Stanford University, May 1988
The Ascension of BIG LINDA into the Skies of Montana
Joe Goode, choreography: Theater Artaud, San Francisco, March 1988; Footwork Studio, San Francisco, CA, September 1986
Episode
Lucas Hoving, choreography: East Bay Dance Series at Laney College Theater, Oakland, CA, October 1987; Victoria Theater, San Francisco, November 1987
Nerve Stream
Tony Kramer, choreography: Stanford University, May 1987
Far Traveling
Janice Dulak and John Toenjes, choreography: Sitges Theater, Barcelona, Spain, March 1987
the air was dying . . . (Requiem Suite)
Lucas Hoving, choreography: Footwork Studio, San Francisco, May 1986; Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, March 1986
Computer Multimedia Projects/Products/Installations
Computer Multimedia Projects/Products/Installations
West Hollywood Dance Festival
Programmed mobile application for interactive program notes, programming and graphic design, and interactive digital projections: commissioned by West Hollywood Dance Festival, Los Angeles, August 2017.
Tap 3
Conceived of and coordinated co-located interactive dance production between UIUC and UC-Irvine: Virtual Venues Festival, April 2014
Astral Convertible (Reimagined) Stage Set
Installation and programming of Interactive exhibit of the stage set of Astral Convertible (Reimagined): UIUC Krannert Art Museum, August 2010–January 2012
Flying Pixels
Original conception, programming, interface construction: Installed in “When We Were Young” exhibit at the UIUC Krannert Art Museum, October-March 2006-7; Semi-permanent installation at Orpheum Children’s Museum, Champaign, IL, April 2008–May 2011; featured at the Cleveland Ingenuity Festival, July 2009
IMPACT Asthma – Kids!
Producer, music and audio/sound effects, video and animation direction, graphic design, project management for asthma care CD-ROM linked to the Internet to service patients in all of Missouri: Schering-Plough, publishers. Winner of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Pinnacle Award for computer-based public education, June 2002
Earth2U
Original music and audio/sound effects for CD-ROM and interactive exhibit: Commissioned by National Geographic Society and the Smithsonian Institution, Simon and Schuster, publishers, 1998
http://sitesarchives.si.edu/exhibitions/exhibits/archived_exhibitions/earth2u.htm
https://www.amazon.com/Earth-2U-Exploring-Geography-ssi/dp/067157972X
Virtual Harlem
Producer, writer, original music and audio/sound effects for virtual reality installation: jointly produced by University of Missouri-Columbia Advanced Technology Center, Columbia University, and University of Chicago: UMC and UIUC Beckman Center CAVE, 1994-2000
Original Music for Theater and Film
Original Music for Theater and Film
Sword Against the Sea
Incidental music: International Yates Festival, Dublin, Ireland, August 2005
Black No More
Incidental music, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, March 2001
Macbeth
Incidental music, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, April 1999
A Midsummer's Night Dream
Incidental music, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, October 1995
Lysistrata
Song score, Stephens College, Columbia, MO, October 1994
The People Could Fly
Complete score, San Francisco Day School, San Francisco, CA, August 1990
African Visions
Complete score: Stern Grove Summer Music Festival, San Francisco, CA, June 1990
Voyage to the Fifth World
Complete score: Stern Grove Summer Music Festival, San Francisco, CA, May 1989
The Mother Goose Review
Complete children’s musical: Palo Alto Children's Theater, Palo Alto, CA, March 1980
House of Thaddeus
Film Score, 2014
Official Selection International Freethought Film Festival and Beloit International Film Festival; three Maverick Movie Awards nominations, 2014; Back in the Box Best Film Award, 2015
Music for Orchestra
Music for Orchestra
An Alton Symphony Salute
Overture for orchestra: Commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of the Alton Symphony, Alton, IL September 1998
Commercial Recordings
Commercial Recordings
Dancin’ on a Drum: Percussion Music for Dance Class
Bodarc label, 2006
Tap for Toddlers: Music for Beginning Tap Class
Bodarc label (listed under the name “John Matthew”), 1994
Tap Dancin': Music for Tap Class & Choreography
Bodarc label (listed under the name “John Matthew”), 1993
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