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Cassandra has been presented in several countries since the project began in 1996: Romania (Arad and Timisoara), Germany, Italy (Florence, Bari, Trani), New York City (The Kitchen), Budapest, Hungary, and as a telematic performance between Vancouver, Canada and New York City. I have played the role of Cassandra since 1996 and more recently, have begun teaching this part to other dancers, as described in Cassandra 2000.

The first internet (telematic) performance of Cassandra was on May 18, 1997 at Western Front Gallery as part of the Third Annual Vancouver Electronic Arts Festival, Body Electric. Web-based CUSeeMe performance event presented by visual artists, actors, musicians, and poets simultaneously connected between Vancouver, New York and the Netherlands. Web-based CUSeeMe performance event presented by visual artists, actors, musicians, and poets simultaneously connected between Vancouver, New York and the Netherlands. In that same year, Cassandra was presented in Romania and every year since then new multimedia developments have been added to the production.