All across the world, family and friends can watch a live feed of Dance Marathon from their computers at home.
According to Medill junior Andrew Prince, the Louis Room Productions’ co-chair, DM has been running a webcast for all three years that he has been involved.
The broadcast shows viewers at home the same thing that the dancers see on the big screen while they are dancing. All of the messages that the dancers see and any videos that they watch are also parts of the webcast.
Northwestern students can view the webcast on NU Channel 1 on NUTV (available in all residence halls via this link) and is available for all Internet users at the Northwestern DM Web site.
“We basically built a mobile T.V. studio,” said Prince. “(There is a) five-camera system with two cameras on the floor, two cameras on tripod, and one on the ceiling.”
Also available on the DM site is a video of the world's largest "Thriller" dance, which involved 78 NU students and attracted national attention.
The purpose of the webcast, Prince said, was to get as many people exposed and interested in DM as possible.
“(We just want to) get everybody involved in seeing how big DM really is,” said Prince. “We want to reach a bigger audience than just the people here on campus who can visit.”
Text: Talia Alberts/The Daily Northwestern
Photo: Paul Takahashi/The Daily Northwestern
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