Dancing the Algorithm (DatA)

Fundamentally starting with the broader question of “How do we dance collectively?”, Dancing the Algorithm finds itself negotiating the space between dancing bodies and computational logic. Driven as a process-led inquiry, the project is a duet of computational fragments with movements learnt, generated and regenerated from individually coded movement DNA to expand on the tools for dance-making and performance.

In this session, the team will share selected documentation of our experimentations with motion capture technology, as well as a prototype of the system in action. A performance-lecture demonstrating dancing living and digital bodies will serve as a type 01 of a living dance archive, whilst reflecting on the experimentations in collective dance dynamics and the potential of collaborating with the machine for artistic expression.

There will be a 30-minute guided tour of the Performing Arts x Tech Lab Industry Sharing exhibition after the event.