DPI:

What was your favorite show/moment/effect? Why?

Hal Eagar:

I love spectacle really, and stuff that either just barely makes sense, or is just so spectacular that you don't give a dam if it makes sense. I don't think that's the kind of theater that I tend to make myself, but that's what I like to go see. Sxip Shirey is all that in a totally non-video way, spectacular and surprising, and maybe for me the no video thing is a bonus too. His show "Blood is the Only Good Adhesive in Heaven" may be my favorite theatrical experience.

The first Richard Foreman piece I saw probably triggered some similar moments of wow spectacle being in audience, but that's burned off after a few of his shows.

The start of "All Wear Bowlers" were possibly my favorite 'video' moments, when the two silent film clowns walk in and out of the film. It really brings the video actors into one cohesive place. And even though you might say it's an old trick, it's still great spectacle, and clowning is all old tricks, it's just about doing them well.
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We are in the process of assembling points of view from as many digital performance practitioners as we can. We thought it only fair that DPI's Director, Hal Eagar, be the first answer the questions he drafted.

The questions:
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