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Some of you may know – I work as the New Media Coordinator for Misnomer Dance. This December we submitted an idea to IdeaBlob for a chance to win $10k.

And we won! The idea is to essentially build an online theater. I’m particularly interested in utilizing open-source standards to help arts organizations.

On Monday, January 14th, IdeaBlob hosted a reception in NYC to honor current and past IdeaBlob winners. The reception was held after Misnomer’s showcase at Alvin Ailey.

Check out the official winning announcement.

We’ll definitely be looking into partnering with Operator11 or something similar to help us build out our project. If you’re interested in helping out with this project, or just interested in finding out more about the idea and how we plan to build it out, definitely contact me!

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Arin Crumley from 4EyedMonsters sat down and had a video chat with Chris and Dorian from Misnomer about our proposal on IdeaBlob.

If you haven’t already, vote for this idea on IdeaBlob. If you have voted, Thank you! Your votes and support are fantastic and inspiring. Take a moment to:

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For the past year, I have been working as a New Media Producer for Misnomer. Recently, we entered a contest on Ideablob, which awards good & popular ideas with $10k. There are numerous ways that the arts can use the web to create new modes of support for artists, while also creating more engaging ways for audiences to be involved with the art, the artists, and the artistic process.

In particular, the web offers ways to leverage the size of the arts community to develop tools and services that benefit the arts at large.

A perfect example of this is the way that Fractured Atlas, an arts service organization, is able to negotiate better health care plans for artists by serving a wide population of artists. Large numbers of people can create positive impacts.

Chris Elam/Misnomer Dance Theater and I have been looking at ways to contribute not only to Misnomer Dance, but the arts as well.

For example, we are currently competing as an Ideablob finalist to win $10,000 to develop web tools aimed at helping performing arts groups to build and broaden online audience involvement. The prize goes to the idea that receives the most online user votes.

The contest funds $10K to an initiative every month and runs through March. (You can check out and vote for our entry here before Dec. 31st, or register and submit your own idea for next month’s contest!)

We think this is a great example of a creative way that online communities can raise funds to help the arts without making direct contributions themselves.

Are there other online methods that you’ve found to help groups raise funds for the arts without individual personal contributions? If so, leave a comment below. I am hoping we can help generate ideas that artists can test and use so that we can all grow the arts together.

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Misnomer Dance Theater is choreographing movement for a brand new Music Video. These are a few clips taken from rehearsals which I quickly edited together on JumpCut. We recorded all the movement and choreography using a MacBook’s built-in iSight.

Most of this movement will be recorded in front of a green screen. Brynne Billingsley, one of the dancers, will be acting as a body double. She will be working with movement to superimpose on top of the lead singer.

Needless to say, there will be lots of CGI and post-production work on this project. Check back here on misnomer.org for more updates on this project.

(btw – the music i put in here is O’venezia Venaga Venusia from LateNightTales)

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Today is opening night of Misnomer’s Work at The Yard. I’ve been spending the entire month of July as a volgumentarist: documenting their work, taking pictures and building out the blog.

Below is a snippet of the dress rehearsal I shot and edited last night. The music is by Greg Brown.

I truly hope that this work will lead to a further dialogue. I know many people can not come out to Martha’s Vineyard to experience the work, so I will definitely be uploading more footage after the show is over. Hopefully, this work I am doing will build a larger appreciation for not only Misnomer, but for the field of dance.

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This July, I have been working with Misnomer Dance on an online audience initiative. As part of this initiative, I have been building our their blog, producing content (video and photos) and finding ways to do online audience outreach. My favorite photo so far is included above. Below are a few more pictures I’ve taken along with other photos from company members:

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