Live-Streamed Professional Theater - In Your Classrom

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The Thrill of Live Theater… In Your Classroom

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Problem: Exposing students to professional live theater, dance and music is expensive and logistically complex Solution: Live-Stream professional theater directly to the classroom via the technology that students are already using and love

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The Thrill of Live Theater…!In Your Classroom

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Problem: Exposing students to professional live theater, dance and music is expensive and logistically complex !Solution: Live-Stream professional theater directly to the classroom via the technology that students are already using and love

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Why Live-Stream Professional Theater Directly to Schools?

• Expand the reach of live, professional NY and International Theatre to students all over the US, no matter where their school is located

• Make live-theater affordable - a feasible and immediate way to expose students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to the performing arts

• Connect every student to professional artists via curriculum, online galleries, chats, video portals and web sites

• Use technology to amplify students’ own voices beyond their individual school community

S.T.A.R. at the Directors Company- Interactive Theater Based Peer Education Live-streamed February 2013

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Screenshot from live-stream of Bedlam's Hamlet, Streamed live to NYC schools, February 2014 (Eric Tucker, Director and title role)

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But Wait! Is live-streamed theater even worth watching?

Absolutely! When it’s done right…

Every VATV production is tailored to online viewing. Shot with multiple cameras which are edited in real time, our shows are compelling, engaging, exciting and interactive.

Just watched … Jennifer Mellor Dance Project. Live streamed into my living room – what a thrill…I’m hooked. – @Margie, NYC

The thrill of live theatre, the feeling of being part of it and yet I’m miles away…amazing. - Carolyn, MA

That was beyond amazing… It just blows me away! – Amin, Tunisia

You can actually hear her breathing!… Wow. Like a front row seat. - @cyncooperwrtr

Great way to watch theatre. @dramagirl, Australia

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• Inventors of the modern live-streamed performing arts experience

• Experts in transforming performance into interactive, live, multi-camera video

• Developed the first platform and mobile app for the live-streamed performing arts

• Streamed school centric content to NYC school and students throughout the USA

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Recent VirtualArtsTV Clients

New York City Department of Education!The Lark Play Development Center !Hoaxocaust !The New York International Fringe Festival!Patriot Brass Ensemble!Bradley Teal Ellis!Elena Demayanenko !Jim Morrow!Kendra Porter !Lindsey Dietz Merchant!Mana Kawamura !SteeleDance !Tami Stranatch !!!!!!!!

Tiffany Mills !Dance New Amsterdam!Exit 12 Dance Company!Mind the Art Entertainment!Words of Choice!Stage Left Productions!S.T.A.R at the Directors Company !SleepDance!Lauren Rayner Productions!Mari Meade Dance Collective!Trio Dance Collective!Alice Barden!Strictly Tango NYC!Jennifer Mellor Dance!Julia Wheldon!

Exit12 Dance Company - Live-Streamed, February, 2013

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!Theater people: We need you!!

Theater gets a tech twist!

The festival you can watch from your couch!

Recent VATV Media Coverage

The era of live-streaming live theater has arrived!!

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!The festival you can watch from your couch

– The Wall Street Journal !

Theater gets a tech twist… – ABC.com

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Kathryn Jones, CEO

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AnneMarie Vignola Marketing and Business Development

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