Robot
Dance on Camera 2015
January 30 - February 3, 2015
World Premiere
Q&A with Blanca Li, Claire Marquet, Tom Rowland, and Dane Hurst!
This radical vision from choreographer/director Blanca Li, featuring mechanized instruments created by Japanese artists Maywa Denki and a highly developed humanoid robot, will surprise and amuse anyone interested in how the future of dance might look. Screening with Primitive (Tom Rowland, 29m).
World Premiere
Q&A with Blanca Li, Claire Marquet, Tom Rowland, and Dane Hurst!
This radical vision from choreographer/director Blanca Li involves eight dancers whose extraordinary flexibility and expressivity are demonstrated as they explore the relationship between humans and machines. They are aided by mechanized instruments shaped like musical notes (created by Maywa Denki, a Japanese artist group), and witty movement by NAO, a playful, highly developed humanoid robot capable of interactivity. A performance that will surprise and amuse anyone interested in how the future of dance might look.
Screening with:
Primitive
Tom Rowland, UK, 2013, DCP, 29m
Choreographed and performed by acclaimed contemporary dancer Dane Hurst, this narrative, told entirely through dance, explores creativity, violence, and loss via one man’s intense spiritual journey, cast against the moody backdrop of nocturnal London. U.S. Premiere
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