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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Remember the Hugo and Nebula award-winning story Stardance by Spider and Jeanne Robinson? The story of the first zero-G dance, and the impact it had on the world and our future in space?

It's happening. Slowly, but it's happening.

Jeanne Robinson, dancer and choreographer, was slated to be the second civilian in space before the Challenger disaster cancelled the program, and it took decades before she could get up there. But thanks to some fundraising, a lot of help, and the generosity of the Zero-G Corp (a company that offers high parabola loops in a jet to provide minutes of microgravity, same sort of thing that allowed Ron Howard to shoot the floating scenes in "Apollo 13") she went up with dancer Kathleen McDonagh and director James Sposto to shoot the first zero-G dance.

They didn't get as much footage as they hoped, but they began to get a feel of it. And as a huge fan of the original book, I am dying to see what they end up with.

Here's their first unedited clip from the flight: http://tinyurl.com/2o5zue

Check out the Stardancers website for more details, and the blog for updates from Jeanne, James, and Spider.

[ December 31, 2007, 11:15 AM: Message edited by: Chris Bridges ]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Very cool. Thanks Chris!

Posted by porcelain girl (Member # 1080) on :

Only in my very best dreams does dancing instigate a recession of gravity. *le sigh*

Coolness.

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

That's not too bad, but I want to see the first Zero-G Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Maybe some Moon Rugby.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MightyCow:
That's not too bad, but I want to see the first Zero-G Ultimate Fighting Championship.