Introducing Isadora’s Next Chapter

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A personal statement from Mark Coniglio.

CitizenJoe

Congratulations Mark!

All the best for a wonderful "retirement" and I look forward to seeing where your next creative endeavours will take you. You've left Isadora in great hands!

Cheers,

Hugh

streetpictures

@mark

Mazel tov!! Thank you Mark for creating this extraordinary tool that has unleashed so much creativity into the world. Can't wait to see what you do next!

Congrats and appreciation to the TroikaTronix team for taking on the Isadora Mantle.

Ruth

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@mark

Firstly, thank you! Thank you for enabling all of these artists to create such amazing work through Isadora, and thank you for being such a caring and responsive software dad: not only providing the tools, but helping us make the most of them.

What you're saying really resonates. I am a year older than you, and also wrapping stuff up to move on to the next phase. Like you say, recognising that there's not so much time left... like you, looking forward to a creative, fulfilling, 'retirement'

Mark (not you, obviously)

jfg

@mark

A thousand thanks for this fantastic software. I wish you every success and enjoyment with your new projects.

Best regards

Jean-François

kirschkematthias

@kirschkematthias

Thank you so much. You are an inspiration!

bonemap

@xenia @mark @dusx @woland @michel

This is good news. It is a great relief to learn that Isadora’s continuity will be inherited in the development team already so closely invested in the software and community.

It has been a concern for some time, not knowing if there was a future for the software beyond Mark Coniglio’s brilliance. With the announcement including mention of a new programmer it appears to be a generational hump, like a mid-week gear shift. An announcement that is comforting for those of us with so many years invested in wrangling Isadora and climbing its learning curve peaks. All while resisting the strong pull of other more popular and more ubiquitous software titles.

I can imagine there might be some new priorities and efficiencies to keep the operation viable but, as others have suggested, Isadora is in an exciting place right now. And there is plenty of room for development (like the 3D actors).😉

Time and tide does not wait for anyone. Thank you Mark Coniglio for sharing and enabling artists who are the voice of freedom, who are trailblazers of change, harbingers of love.

May creativity flow through you and your endeavours.

With Sincere gratitude and best wishes

Russell

JJHP3

Mark: Bravo for a great product and bravo for giving Isadora a future! Enjoy another stage of your life and thanks!

judgeworks

@mark Congratulations and thank you for what you have created. Many years of music making and creativity to you on your new path. We are so lucky you created Isadora and nurtured it into what it is today. You've inspired a huge community!

RIL

@xenia @mark @dusx @woland @michel

Dear Mark,

On behalf of Red Isadora Latina, thank you. Thank you for your commitment, your dedication and, above all, for the legacy you are leaving. Isadora is much more than a piece of software: it is an important cultural legacy, one that has changed the way many of us create, teach and think about performance and technology. Here in Latin America, that impact is felt every day in classrooms, theatres, galleries and independent studios. We are very glad to know you will remain close to the project as an advisor.

To the whole TroikaTronix GmbH team: congratulations, and our very best wishes. Though you are far from a new team, having looked after Isadora and its community for years, taking on this continuity is a great responsibility and a great challenge. You have our trust and our support.

For 15 years, Red Isadora Latina has walked alongside TroikaTronix and the development of the software, building community, training new users and bringing Isadora to more artists and educators across the region. We will keep doing so. We are excited to see where Isadora goes next, and we would be glad to be part of that vision. Whatever you need from us, we are here to help and to keep growing Isadora together.

With gratitude and best wishes,

Maximiliano Wille Director, Red Isadora Latina Buenos Aires, Argentina