XR: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality

AΦE wanted to bring the liveness and collective aspect of the theatrical experience into AR, reimagining the application of this technology. 0AR is therefore a communal experience where audience members using five connected devices can interact in real time with one another and experience extracts of the original work popping up in 3D.

And how can our knowledge of the past inform the development of new feminist movements which move beyond a battle of the sexes? Inspired in part by Judy Chicago’s iconic work »The Dinner Party« (1979, Brooklyn Museum, New York), Sasha Waltz is working for the first time with an all-woman ensemble. In Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s St. Elisabeth Church, the live performance interacts with one of Berlin’s architectural icons, as do the dancers with the audience to create an immersive experience of space. Parallel a 360° filmic version was developed and also filmed in the architecture of the Schinkel church. This virtual reality experiment of Sasha Waltz’ »Women« allows the public with a VR bril to move freely through the space and experience the choreography in their own way and through their indiviual perspective.

Direction and Choreography: Sasha Waltz

Music: Soundwalk Collective

Stage: Sasha Waltz, Thomas Schenk

Costume: Christine Birkle

Licht: Martin Hauk

Dramaturgy: Jochen Sandig

Repetition: Michal Mualem

Dance and Performance: Liza Alpízar Aguilar, Claudia Catarzi, Maria Marta Colusi, Clémentine Deluy, Lisa Densem, Hwanhee Hwang, Lorena Justribó Manion, Florencia Lamarca, Maureen Lopez Lembo, Annapaola Leso, Margaux Marielle-Tréhoüart, Thusnelda Mercy, Michal Mualem, Sasa Queliz, Zaratiana Randrianantenaina, Yael Schnell, Claudia de Serpa Soares, Wibke Storkan, Takako Suzuki, Charlotte Zerbey

360° Filing, Camera: Christian Möller

Assistat Camera: Kevin Uhland

Sound: Thomas Koch

IN.VR SPACE

World premiere at the St. Elisabeth Church in Berlin August 30, 2017 as part of Tanz im August – 29th International Dance Festival Berlin presented by HAU Hebbel am Ufer.

A production of Sasha Waltz & Guests in collaboration with IN.VR SPACE with the kind support of Ernst Schering Foundation and Kultur Büro Elisabeth. Sasha Waltz & Guests is supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

Das Totale Tanz Theater has taken up the theme, exploring the question of the role of people in the digital age in the form of a virtual reality dance experience, inspired by the stage experiments of Oskar Schlemmer and Walter Gropius, with choreography by Richard Siegal. A project of the Interactive Media Foundation and Filmtank, co-created with Artificial Rome.”

as well as the motif of the unthinkable world expressed by the philosophy book In the Dust Of This Planet by Eugene Thacker, DUST seeks to reimagine our perception of body, space and time with the use of digital technologies. It merges real and virtual worlds to produce new environments where physical and digital co-exist and interact in real time. “

But there’s one dancer who stands out from the rest. Could it be the queen? Virtual Reality adaptation of award winning choreographer Sharon Eyal’s critically acclaimed dance piece Half Life performed by the Royal Swedish Ballet.

In a safe environment, the visitor encounters the avatar of a dancer and learns simple and slow movements of butoh — a Japanese contemporary dance. Based on the personal performance of this choreography, related to the creative potential of life, the visitor creates a unique virtual environment. Guided by a voice over and an interactive soundscape, everyone is able to create shapes and colors. Each creation aggregates in a unique visual, but also musical composition, as every visitor is unique in the interpretation of the movements she/he will perform.
Sublimation is a location based virtual reality experience and is shown in a three-act installation. Sublimation was prototyped 2018 during the XR Creator’s Lab in Munich and the VR Days in Amsterdam. The project was selected for the 2019 Biennale College Cinema VR, and was among the 3 finalists.
Sublimation premiered 2019 at the 76th Venice Biennale Cinema.
Credits:
Writer-Directors: Karolina Markiewicz and Pascal Piron – Production: INVR SPACE (Astrid Kahmke, Sönke Kirchhof) – Dancer: Yuko Kominami – Voice: Elisabet Johannesdottir – Music: Kevin Muhlen – Technical Director: Fabrizio Palmas – VFX Creative Technologist: Antoine Thiry – UX Creative Technologist: Stefan Laimar – Sound: Stefan Bock, Stefan Zaradic Interactive virtual reality experience, approx. 15mn, 2019

You’ll encounter the contemporary dancers of Bangarra performing at the Sydney Opera House, The Lonely Boys rocking out in Alice Springs, and performers of songs and dances used to share knowledge and culture for thousands of years. An affecting journey rich in ancient cultural significance, every bit as soaring as the viewing experience itself.”

fierce ethno-rock sounds of Kivimäki/Iles band “Puhti” inspired filmmaker Alla Kovgan to dive into virtual reality. The result is a surreal deadpan 3D VR 360º experience, challenging boundaries between traditional and contemporary, male and female, hellish and heavenly, ecstatic and everyday, celebrating power of women through Finnish music and dance.”

By relying on traditional tools of filmmaking, such as camera movement and fast-paced editing, the viewer is being shaken in a way which resonates comprehensively the emotional experience of the story.
Camera: Dagmar Weaver-Madsen”

The viewer is a part of the story and its events, eventually having an impact on the ending and solution. This piece unconventionally mixes together a new technical approach of stereoscopic 360 video, CGI animation and interaction between the viewer and the art piece, stretching the limits of filmmaking.

Premiere: 23-25 July Moovy Tanzfilmfestival, 12-18

at Alte Feuerwache Köln.

Director and choreographer: Einav Katan-Schmid

Editor: Jiha Jeon Sound Editor: Mathieu Hebeisen

Performers: Teresa Foerster, Andrea Kößler, Nadja Görts, Magdalena Schmitt, Rebwar Rostami, Yvonne Emig, Aysu Marangoz

Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

In collaboration with Institute for Dance and Movement Culture, German Sport University Cologne; Moovy Tanzfilmfestival, Cologne, Germany; ilDance, Sweden; Härnösand Folk High School, Sweden

Thanks: Ágota Harmati, Stephani Howahl, Lee Brummer, Israel Aloni, Danielle Dietz, Alexander Katan-Schmid

Following several past projects and performances in Japan, he brought to Tokyo a specially modified version of “Rendez-Vous,” a VR video-dance installation performed and viewed in a public space like a park or cafe. The location for the installation is TRAM-PAL Otsuk. The experience of viewing bodies in such proximity at the same site, yet not actually there, challenges the audience’s senses and its preconceptions about how dance is usually perceived.
Conceived and Choreographed by Fabien Prioville
Performers: Midori Kondo, Asako Tanaka, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yuya Yoshizaki
Production Manager: Alexandra Schmidt
A fabien prioville dance company production The fabien prioville dance company is funded by the Ministry for the Arts and Science North Rhine Westphalia.
Music: UZAWA
Rehearsal Director: Azusa Seyama
Filming & Editing: Global Japan Corporation

Production Coordinators: Momoka Yunoki, Miki Kanai
In special cooperation with Hoshino Resorts OMO5 Tokyo Otsuka