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TONY SCHULTZ was born, raised and currently resides in the borough of the Bronx, in New York City.He is a physicist researching computer vision for applications in human movement analysis and dance notation at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Tony is fascinated with the art/science interface and the development of dance technologies. He currently teaches Dance and Technology in the Department of Dance at Sarah Lawrence College. As a physical scientist he provides a valuable resource to dancers and media makers interested in developing experimental and computationally based methodologies.

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Tony started getting down at the age of 7, learning breaking styles at the YMCA after school program. His formal dance training began as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College where he studied with the late Viola Farber. Since then he has continued to seek out and study dance with practitioners outside of the academy. His most influential teachers in this regard have been Luis Demalsy aka Mach3 and Angele M’Paria aka B-Girl Angel of Flowzaic UK.
View some of Tony’s video work here.

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » NYC Dance Blogger Get-Together! | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

January 22, 2007 @ 10:33 pm

[…] Doug Fox, who runs the excellent, extremely informative and technologically innovative blog, Great Dance, was in town this weekend for a dance conference he was covering. So, several of us NYC dance bloggers arranged a little get-together with him. From right to left is: Kristin Sloan (ballerina with the New York City Ballet, in case you’re new to my blog and didn’t know that from the umpteenth times I’ve talked about / linked to her!) who created the best-known and I think first (?) diary-esque dance blog a couple of years ago — the awesome Winger — and is hence really the mother of all dance bloggers!; Tony Schultz, a modern dancer and PhD candidate in dance and technology at Sarah Lawrence who contributes to the Winger (and has a very fun personality by the way ); Parker, a ballet dancer, turned Belly / Latin ballroom dancer AND law student by day who writes the sweet Salome Justitia; Doug; and on the end, little ole me (with extremely flat New York winter hair!) I love how Kristin is holding that light away — in true pro dancer fashion with the flair of her hand! […]

thewinger.com » Back To School said,

January 23, 2007 @ 1:23 am

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » LVHRD, Dewars, and Dueling Architects | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

January 31, 2007 @ 4:01 am

[…] So, as I just mentioned, Tony was there too, and Alyssa and I spent a lot of time chatting with him. Found out that I totally got his bio wrong in my last post — oops! But, he said he rather liked my reinvention of him, so didn’t correct me Anyway, he’s really a PHYSICS grad student at CUNY (which explains why 99% of what he says is way over my head!) and teaches at Sarah Lawrence — go here for his real bio. […]

thewinger.com » TUNDRA said,

February 2, 2007 @ 12:08 am

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thewinger.com » Vicky Shick at Dance Theater Workshop said,

February 22, 2007 @ 2:43 am

[…] | | Posted by Tony Schultz Hello Wingers. This week our good friend Laurel Dugan is performing in the premiere of Vicky Shick’s Plum House (A Cartoon) at Dance Theater Workshop alongside Diane Madden, Juliette Mapp, Perrine Ploneis, and Derry Swan. A sound score by Elise Kermani with set and costume design by Barbara Kilpatrick help create a “world of claustrophobic busyness.” […]

thewinger.com » Dancing, Writing and Choreography said,

February 22, 2007 @ 1:34 pm

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thewinger.com » Steal This Dance said,

February 23, 2007 @ 3:15 pm

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thewinger.com » Public Domain said,

March 1, 2007 @ 2:14 pm

[…] | | Posted by Tony Schultz Its been pretty quiet here on The Winger and in the dance blogosphere as a whole. Folks must be busy dancing or something. Go figure. Since I am tired of seeing my old post up there thought I would do some curating. This week I present to you two of my favorite videos. […]

thewinger.com » The Fugue Project said,

March 8, 2007 @ 1:03 am

[…] | | Posted by Tony Schultz Last month the students of the Sarah Lawrence College dance department performed Twyla Tharp’s The Fugue as the culmination of last semester’s performance project. This was done under the direction of Jennifer Way and Tom Rawe who both danced with Twyla Tharp Dance form the mid seventies to 1988. From time to time they had assistance from Sara Rudner, director of the Sarah Lawrence College dance and former Tharp dancer, and Rose Marie Wright, another former Tharp dancer and original performer of The Fugue. […]

thewinger.com » Geography said,

March 14, 2007 @ 4:42 am

[…] | | Posted by Tony Schultz Hey Wingers. Just back from Santa Barbara visiting my girlfriend Lisa. It is so gorgeous out there. Perhaps the most wonderful weekend I have ever had. Lisa shows me lots of beautiful things and is always ready for adventure. I will be glad when she comes back to home to New York. Though California is seductive I am happy to be back home in the Bronx. There are beautiful things here too if you know how to look for them. […]

thewinger.com » Break said,

March 16, 2007 @ 12:31 am

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thewinger.com » Performance and Pedagogy said,

March 18, 2007 @ 8:10 pm

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thewinger.com » The Potion said,

March 22, 2007 @ 2:09 pm

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thewinger.com » Lightbrite said,

March 23, 2007 @ 6:01 pm

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thewinger.com » Performance and Pedagogy 2.0: The Reading Group said,

March 26, 2007 @ 1:10 am

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thewinger.com » Rehersal: Talking with Eli said,

April 2, 2007 @ 12:23 am

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thewinger.com » Black Cherokee said,

April 8, 2007 @ 6:00 pm

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thewinger.com » The Reading Group: A Primer for Exhausting Dance said,

April 10, 2007 @ 5:35 pm

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thewinger.com » You May Already Be A Winner! said,

April 10, 2007 @ 8:03 pm

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thewinger.com » Future Perfect said,

April 11, 2007 @ 8:44 pm

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thewinger.com » Reading in Future Perfect said,

April 19, 2007 @ 3:07 am

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thewinger.com » Martha Williams Presents The Movement Movement said,

April 25, 2007 @ 7:23 pm

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thewinger.com » A Message From Black Cherokee said,

April 28, 2007 @ 3:23 pm

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thewinger.com » The Movement Movement said,

May 1, 2007 @ 5:59 pm

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thewinger.com » The Reading Group: Exchange said,

May 4, 2007 @ 2:19 pm

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thewinger.com » Smoke Signals said,

May 8, 2007 @ 4:21 pm

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thewinger.com » Dancing-On-View said,

May 13, 2007 @ 7:58 pm

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thewinger.com » At The Joyce said,

May 14, 2007 @ 2:56 pm

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thewinger.com » Ms. Ashley Byler said,

June 25, 2007 @ 6:55 pm

[…] Ashley comes to us by way of Winger contributor Tony Schultz who taught her and collaborated with her in his Dance and Technology class at Sarah Lawrence College. […]

thewinger.com » Ms. Maia Jordaan said,

June 28, 2007 @ 9:22 pm

[…] This is part of what Tony Schultz thought would make her both a fantastic contributor to The Winger as well as a great addition to the Reading Group, in which Tony and Maia will be discussing and dissecting Andre Lepecki’s Exhausting Dance. Check out the Reading Group page to get a copy of the book, see what they have written and discussed so far, and throw in your own thoughts! […]

thewinger.com » Chapter 2: Ghost Story said,

July 11, 2007 @ 6:41 pm

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Wingers are ready | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

July 13, 2007 @ 5:23 am

[…] Ariel Davis (a friend I met through The Winger), Tony Schultz (Winger contributor) and me on the Plaza. […]

Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » And now doug fox! | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

July 13, 2007 @ 5:26 am

[…] Doug chatting with Tony. It’s nearly 10:00 p.m. Where is Michalek?! […]

Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Day of Merce and Frustration! | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

September 5, 2007 @ 6:11 pm

[…] I then headed into the exhibit, which was really pretty cool. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but this was my first experience with Cunningham (aside from the time Winger Tony Schultz and I saw him in the audience, wheelchair-bound, at another modern dance performance). Embarrassing to admit since he’s only one of the founding fathers of dance in this country! The exhibit was pretty comprehensive and very entertaining. They had videos of several of his works, all performed in the last ten years, but some choreographed far earlier. Cunningham himself danced mainly in the 40s and 50s. He is still choreographing, but of course no longer dancing. […]

thewinger.com » The Dance Masters said,

October 8, 2007 @ 1:06 pm

[…] | | Posted by Tony Schultz This fall I am back at Sarah Lawrence College teaching Dance and Technology. All of my students are smart, engaged and still unsure whether I am really crazy, or just pretending. We have set-up our own class blog where we discuss readings and communicate about building dance machines. The blog is appropriately located at http://dancemachines.blogspot.com. Come over for a visit. Other folks seem to be taking interest. Matt Gough wrote an incredibly encouraging post you can see here. […]

Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Movmnt Magazine Has Lots of Promise | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

October 15, 2007 @ 1:10 am

[…] It’s slim (as is to be expected with any new publication), but has some good articles. There are, amongst other things, an interview with choreographer Lar Lubovitch (one of my favorites) by dancer Rasta Thomas (also one of my favorites!), an article on up-and-coming choreographer Aszure Barton, an interview with Grey’s Anatomy song writer Ingrid Michaelson, a photo essay on Cuba that’s part glossy travel essay and part photo-journalism, and a write-up of The Winger featuring interviews with five of its contributors: founder Kristin Sloan, ballet and modern dance stars David Hallberg and Miki Orihara respectively, and, happily, South African grad student and dance artist Maia Jordaan, and dance and technology expert and B-boy Tony Schultz. Being theory-based, the Winger posts of the latter two are a bit more esoteric than the others’, and thus harder to understand (though definitely worth trying!), and I’m really happy the magazine decided to include interviews with them instead of only the most “popular” contributors. In particular, I just love Maia — she’s so smartly charming: “My work is inspired by the sense of a body in motion emoting a connection with the audience. Even stillness contains movement … In a society where the head is often cut off from the body, it is essential to bring head, heart and body together … My work is open-ended, asking the audience to fill the empty spaces with their own appreciation and understanding…” There’s also a little description of one of her own dance pieces, entitled “Still Waters” a site-specific work in which Jordaan, wearing pink underwear, half submerges herself in the dangerously murky waters of the Kaolin Quarry not knowing what may be found underneath. I don’t remember ever seeing this posted on the actual website and I wish she’d post more often her own work and South African performances she attends. She and Tony have thus far concentrated on leading the book discussion group, which so far has focused on the very theory-oriented work of dance philosopher Andre Lepecki, which is, I think very difficult for non-grad students of dance to comprehend. […]

thewinger.com » pOpticons said,

October 22, 2007 @ 12:47 pm

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Capitalism, Poetic Clothes hangers, and $500 Apartments in the Village?! | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

November 2, 2007 @ 8:20 pm

[…] Last night I went to see experimental choreographer John Jasperse’s new work “Misuse Liable to Prosecution” at BAM’s Harvey theater in Brooklyn. Fun night! I went with Tony Schultz from the Winger, and we met up with some of his friends, one of whom is Ashley Byler, an up and coming choreographer who also contributes to the Winger and just landed a coveted residency at experimental dance venue Dance Theater Workshop in Chelsea. (Her first show will be in May.) We all went out for drinks and little foodie things afterward at nearby Scopello, which I loved. Very good food, spacious comfy area and very decent prices. I guess this is why people live in the outer boroughs… Everyone was so smart and it was a great time hanging out and talking about dance and art and Jasperse and Chuck Close and Labannotation, and all kinds of compelling stuff! I didn’t get home until early this morning, which is why I’m late with my review… […]

thewinger.com » Space Ghost said,

November 5, 2007 @ 10:41 pm

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A welcome dinner and the activities of today. « said,

December 21, 2007 @ 12:10 am

[…] Today we got a late start but decided to go people-watching in “The Dance Belt” (the streets and areas on the west side surrounding Lincoln Center that dancers frequent). Mother grew hungry so I took she and Dione to Le Pain Quintoden, the same place Tonya Plank and The Winger’s Tony Schultz ate at in July. We sat at the community table and I sipped their ultra-rich Belgian hot chocolate, Dione swears she saw Sasha Radetsky. […]

thewinger.com » Transmission from Sector 9 said,

January 4, 2008 @ 4:49 pm

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Sophie is Depressed… | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

January 9, 2008 @ 4:14 pm

[…] In any event, Cedar Lake Ballet is holding a shindig for dance bloggers tonight and I’ve already told a friend he’s going to have to take notes on the ballet for me because I intend to get thoroughly plastered at the pre-show cocktail party! […]

thewinger.com » She’s a Dancing Machine said,

January 23, 2008 @ 4:37 pm

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thewinger.com » War and Money said,

January 24, 2008 @ 11:28 pm

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thewinger.com » Dance War said,

January 27, 2008 @ 10:16 pm

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thewinger.com » Laurel Is Dancing said,

February 10, 2008 @ 10:11 pm

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Movmnt Magazine Dance Blogger Party | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

February 24, 2008 @ 6:15 pm

[…] Sorry I’m so late in getting this up! Last Monday evening, David Benaym, founder and co-editor-in-chief (with Danny Tidwell) of Movmnt Magazine hosted a dance blogger party at his office’s downtown NY headquarters. From left to right in picture above: Tony Schultz from The Winger, Doug Fox from Great Dance, Dea Soares Berrios, a friend of mine and The Winger’s, from Brazil who writes the personal blog Dea Nos Eua about her experiences moving to the U.S., her husband Al Berrios behind her, Taylor Gordon from The Winger and Off Center, me, Evan from Dancing Perfectly Free, David Benaym, and Brian Gibbs from The Winger. […]

thewinger.com » Welcome to my Chaos. parts 1 and 2 said,

March 4, 2008 @ 2:05 am

[…] My time not rehearsing was spent with me shooting uptown and downtown and everywhere else within the town having various meetings. My fave was meeting Ms.Sloan! Very cool in person. I went to the Movmnt Magazine’s blogger forum hosted by David Benyam. It was great to see him again and a few of the fellow Wingnuts, Taylor Gordon, and Tony Schultz. Back to the Snow Storm being a blessing in disguise, a few of some really important meetings in terms of my career and future projects got cancelled so i get to re-schedule them for when i come back for the re-shoot later this month.(i know i jump around) My last night in the City i went out with a few friends from ABT and had a great discussion with Ethan Stifel about what he wants to do for NCSA as the new dean. I was very impressed with what he had to say. I know that he will do great things with my old stomping ground. […]

thewinger.com » Forces Fields said,

March 29, 2008 @ 4:20 am

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thewinger.com » Player Participate said,

April 8, 2008 @ 11:35 am

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Swan Lake Samba Girl » Blog Archive » Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s “Glassy Essence” | Tonya Plank | Writer, Dancer and Public Interest Lawyer said,

April 24, 2008 @ 5:31 am

[…] By the way, here’s Tony Schultz from the Winger, sporting a great new hairstyle! I’m always ribbing him about how different he looks from his Winger headshot. Hehehe, people don’t even recognize him in public! […]