Biography Thecla Schiphorst
is a computer media artist, choreographer, dancer and computer systems designer. She is a member of the design team that has developed Life Forms, the computer compositional tool for choreography, and has been working with the renowned choreographer, Merce Cunningham in New York City for the past seven years. She ist currently Choreographic Consultant and Artist in Residence at the Computer Graphics and Multi-Media Research Lab at SFU where she is exploring the use of motion capture and gestural input as a real time interface.