Jeanne Beaman

Jeanne Hays Beaman (October 7, 1919 – February 12, 2020) was an American pioneer of computational choreography, creating the piece Random Dances in 1964 by using an IBM 7070 computer to select and order movement instructions from three lists.[1][2][3]

Her 1965 article, "Computer Dance", was widely cited by later practitioners, as was a 1968 exhibition of her process at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.[4][5]

In her early career she studied with Martha Graham and danced with the San Francisco Ballet; she was also Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh, where she taught from 1961-74.[6]

References
  1. Franke, Herbert W. (6 December 2012). Computer Graphics. ISBN 9783642702594. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  2. "A Case Study of Merce Cunningham's Use of the LifeForms Computer Choreographic System in the Making of Trackers" (PDF). sfu.ca. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  3. Manning, Erin (2009). Relationscapes. ISBN 9780262134903. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  4. "archives.nypl.org -- Jeanne Hays Beaman papers". archives.nypl.org. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  5. Zinman, Gregory (3 January 2020). Making Images Move. ISBN 9780520302730. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  6. "Remembering the life of Jeanne Beaman 1919-2020". obituaries.gloucestertimes.com. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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