World Wide Simultaneous Dance: Dancing the Connection between "Cyberplace" and the Global Landscape

The author describes World Wide Simultaneous Dance, a project combining live performances and digital connectivity, designed to give visual hints of an image that cannot yet be visualized: people dancing at the same time around the world, in varying conditions of light and at varying local times, the planet seeming for a moment to stand still as the performers locked on to each others' signals. Technical considerations and performances are described. The author also discusses the genealogy of this work and future work suggested by World Wide Simultaneous Dance.