LIVE 12-13 November 2021 @ 2P & 10A (EST)

GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, AKRAM KHAN COMPANY, ALEXANDER WHITLEY DANCE COMPANY × MIDHEAVEN NETWORK PROUDLY PRESENT “DANCING INTO THE METAVERSE” WITH BEING HUMAN FESTIVAL 2021

Partners: Akram Khan Company, Alexander Whitley Dance Company, Goldsmiths, University of London

This immersive showcase performance shares a form of digital-dance installation that sees three dancers move together in real-time through remote connection. The intimate interaction between distant dancers occurs within a computer-generated, virtual landscape, with their avatars spinning out shapes, light, and particles that weave and intertwine to give a feeling of virtual touch and embodied connection.

Dancers in Brooklyn and the UK wear a motion-capture system that captures their movement and streams it to the other dancers in real-time. The choreographic performance that will be broadcasted 12 November 2021 on MIDHEAVEN Network takes the form of a semi-improvisational interaction, in a set of scenarios designed to explore senses of virtual presence, proximity, and narrative through projected visuals.

This event will take place online and in-person. It is the outcome of an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded research project, and will be followed by a live Q&A with the dancers, researchers, and digital creators. A series of workshops on 13 November 2021 will take place with selected local dance groups.

See Dancing Into the Metaverse at the Being Human Festival here, and book your reservation for the performance here.

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THROUGH live arts programming from A GLOBAL phalanx OF performance, visual art, social justice, human development and cinema/ digital/ VR voyagers, MIDHEAVEN will ADVANCE COURAGEOUS, loving & possibility-driven VISIONS to the world.

CREATIVE DIRECTOR × EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE DEL BARRIO

art director AL-KHABIR RICHMAN

DIRECTOR OF AUDIO ADRIAN MARTINEZ

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY BRIAN GONZALEZ

CAMERA OPERATOR IAN CHEN

COMPOSER + ASSOCIATE PRODUCER bandit lu

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