Performing Arts Medicine Conference w/ Merry Lynn Morris USF June 1-3,2018

Submissions requested !  

Upcoming Performing Arts Medicine Conference at the University of South Florida June 1-3,2018. http://music.arts.usf.edu/PAMA/ . I [  Merry Lynn Morris  ] serve on the planning committee for this conference and we are accepting abstract submissions now! Please circulate to those who might be interested in submitting a presentation related to performing arts medicine research/practice! And, those who might be interested in attending the conference. See website (above) for submission details.

Performing Arts Medicine Conference (PAMA) at University of South Florida .. music / arts medicine:
http://music.arts.usf.edu/PAMA/

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Latest Dance Chair Experimentation with Merry Lynn Morris

The Rolling Dance Chair continues to improve in design and development. I just experimented this weekend with it again, after having some programming upgrades performed with the engineer I work with in Pensacola, FL. ... Neil Edmonston.  The more movement and creative experimentation with different bodies, the better! I will look forward to working with power chair dancer, Frank Hull in June for more movement exploration in the studio! Frank has done some initial exploration with me in the past, as have dancers, Dwayne Scheuneman and Marcie Ryan with this prototype. Hope to have multiple chairs to work with one day, and more people using them! REVolutions Dance students Jessica and Bree Bree both worked with me and the chair yesterday - exploring new possibilities! The chair is wirelessly controlled, in which the control can be worn on the body or used remotely and the chair is omnidirectional and possesses height change. Many thanks to all who have supported this project and who are or have been involved in it! I first began the project in 2005 - a long, challenging trajectory to get to this point.  As a dance/arts practitioner, I have enjoyed the opportunity to challenge traditional design practices/outcomes and push into new territory of mobility design...so appreciative of all!

https://youtu.be/eowmJMzOluI

https://youtu.be/DdfUJHQpqec

Association of University Technology Managers AUTM Video Award for Rolling Dance Chair Project by Merry Lynn Morris - "AUTM Put A Face On It" Award 2013

It was such an honor to have the Rolling Dance Chair Project chosen for the Association of University Technology Managers AUTM Video Award - "AUTM Put A Face On It" Award for 2013!

We worked with CeliCreative Tampa Design Studio to bring this video to fruition and they did a wonderful job! The goal of the AUTM video award is to support/showcase "unique videos that feature the people who benefit from university-developed innovations." The video award focuses upon the real-world, lived application of innovative technologies and the transformation of people's lives. Special thanks to those who appeared in the video including: Jessica and Eileen Hendricks, Dwayne Scheuneman - Director of REVolutions Dance, Dr. Paul Sanberg - USF Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation and Executive Director / Center of Excellence for Aging & Brain Repair, and Valerie McDevitt - U.S. Registered Patent Attorney and Associate Vice President at the University of South Florida for Technology Transfer, Division of Patents and Licensing as well as special thanks to the wonderful efforts of Lauren Golin and Dr. Terri Hunter from the USF Office of Patents and Licensing, who helped it all come together. 

Best to All and many Thanks!

MERRY LYNN MORRIS
Designer, Patent Inventor

http://youtu.be/dH5QDbLSaJE