UTD's Performance Innovations Residency guest artist for 2006, nationally renowned performer, director, and choreographer, Dr. Thomas DeFrantz will create a new work combining digital technology and dance. He is the author of Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African Culture and the creator of Monk's Mood: A Performance on the Life and Music of Thelonious Monk, a solo piece that combines tap, technology, and jazz. The recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency and a Ford Foundation Scholarship, Dr. DeFrantz is an associate professor at MIT. His month long residency will conclude with a performance on Feb. 4.