Movies:

  • 2013
    Video Wall Installation of John Cage’s 4’33″

    Video Wall Installation of John Cage’s 4’33″ (2013)

    Video Wall Installation of John Cage’s 4’33″

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    In February 2013, the New World Symphony presented Making the Right Choices: A John Cage Centennial Celebration, a spectacular three-day festival dedicated to the music and ideas of John Cage. As part of the festival, NWS hosted a new video installat...

    Video Wall Installation of John Cage’s 4’33″
  • 2001
    The Perth Production of a Talk Show Opera

    The Perth Production of a Talk Show Opera (2001)

    The Perth Production of a Talk Show Opera

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    This is a documentary produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and directed by Kevin Firkins. This documentary coincided with the production of the talk show opera Dennis Cleveland at the Octagon Theatre as part of the 2001 Perth Internati...

    The Perth Production of a Talk Show Opera
  • 2002
    The End of Cinematics

    The End of Cinematics (2002)

    The End of Cinematics

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    Drawing on the richness of the good old days of cinema with live music and a thoroughly modern, “hyper-real” film experience with multiple screens and surround sound, The End of Cinematics examines the 21st-century phenomenon of viewing media content...

    The End of Cinematics
  • 2020
    The Demo World Premiere Bing Concert Hall 2015

    The Demo World Premiere Bing Concert Hall 2015 (2020)

    The Demo World Premiere Bing Concert Hall 2015

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    World premiere of "The Demo," a music theater work written by composer/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill based on Douglas Engelbart’s historic 1968 demonstration of early computer technology. Engelbart’s 1968 demo rolled out virtually everything t...

    The Demo World Premiere Bing Concert Hall 2015
  • 1995
    Two by Dove

    Two by Dove (1995)

    Two by Dove

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    The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Royal Swedish Ballet perform two works by choreographer Ulysses Dove, "Vespers" and "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven."...

    Two by Dove
  • 2005
    Music For Minorities

    Music For Minorities (2005)

    Music For Minorities

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    This is the small feature film that formed the integrated backdrop for the live performance/music piece. As abstract images and sound combine with the various stories and insights of the subjects interviewed, an illustration of memory is created. See...

    Music For Minorities
  • 2004
    Dennis Cleveland

    Dennis Cleveland (2004)

    Dennis Cleveland

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    A 2002 live performance of Mikel Rouse's Dennis Cleveland, a multimedia opera set entirely on a television talk show in the late 20th century....

    Dennis Cleveland
  • 2020
    Metronome: Community Spread

    Metronome: Community Spread (2020)

    Metronome: Community Spread

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    A short film music album hybrid for the Metronome project by Mikel Rouse....

    Metronome: Community Spread
  • 2001
    Funding

    Funding (2001)

    Funding

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    Vivian, Roe, JJ, Ines and a mysterious French man through a 20 year musical memory of New York City. As people and places in their lives drift away, visual impressions meld with sound and narrative stories to reveal a complex yet moving tableau. As t...

    Funding
  • 2017
    Yes We Kant

    Yes We Kant (2017)

    Yes We Kant

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    A short film by Mikel Rouse....

    Yes We Kant
  • 1982
    The Glass Bead Game

    The Glass Bead Game (1982)

    The Glass Bead Game

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    An opera film based on a novel by Hermann Hesse....

    The Glass Bead Game
  • 2017
    Hemisphere

    Hemisphere (2017)

    Hemisphere

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    Hemisphere is a site-specific video installation designed for The Townsend Austin. The installation was conceived after a number of preliminary visits to gauge the room atmosphere and décor. Images were chosen and adjusted to reflect various viewing ...

    Hemisphere
  • 2020
    Dennis Cleveland Luminato Festival 2008

    Dennis Cleveland Luminato Festival 2008 (2020)

    Dennis Cleveland Luminato Festival 2008

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    The Canadian premiere of Mikel Rouse's multimedia opera Dennis Cleveland at the 2008 Luminato Festival....

    Dennis Cleveland Luminato Festival 2008
  • 2020
    The Demo Krannert Center Workshop 2014

    The Demo Krannert Center Workshop 2014 (2020)

    The Demo Krannert Center Workshop 2014

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    2014 performance of "The Demo," a music theater work written by composer/performers Mikel Rouse and Ben Neill based on Douglas Engelbart’s historic 1968 demonstration of early computer technology. Engelbart’s 1968 demo rolled out virtually everything...

    The Demo Krannert Center Workshop 2014
  • 1979
    Roundtable

    Roundtable (1979)

    Roundtable

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    Early student film by composer and director Mikel Rouse....

    Roundtable
  • 2021
    Failing Kansas New Zealand Festival 2002

    Failing Kansas New Zealand Festival 2002 (2021)

    Failing Kansas New Zealand Festival 2002

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    The 2002 performances of Failing Kansas at the New Zealand Festival created a scandal and ultimately a sensation. Credited with knocking Osama bin Laden off of the front page of the National newspaper and dominating TV and radio for days, the piece w...

    Failing Kansas New Zealand Festival 2002
  • 2010
    Gravity Radio

    Gravity Radio (2010)

    Gravity Radio

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    A live performance film of Mikel Rouse's song cycle Gravity Radio at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2010....

    Gravity Radio
  • 2017
    Gulf Course

    Gulf Course (2017)

    Gulf Course

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    A short film by Mikel Rouse....

    Gulf Course
  • 2020
    Mikel Rouse at National Sawdust

    Mikel Rouse at National Sawdust (2020)

    Mikel Rouse at National Sawdust

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    Retrospective concert with special guest Jeff McErlain at National Sawdust on April 29, 2017....

    Mikel Rouse at National Sawdust