Otmo Live
Alexander Whitley Dance Company
Saturday 16th Nov, 7pm & 8pm
A collaboration between Digital Body Festival and Tanz Karlsruhe, Germany, this unique event connects dancers in each location using the Goldsmiths Mocap Streamer technology, who will perform a duet despite being geographically separated.
This experimental distributed performance explores the intersection of emerging spatial technologies and traditional movement practices. Placing two dancers in different locations, the piece brings them together within a shared virtual environment.
One dancer will be at be at The Digital Body Festival in East London, while the other will ZKM Centre for Art and Media in Karlsruhe. Their 3D movement data will be captured and streamed live into Alexander Whitley Dance Company's Otmo software, where digital avatars of the dancers will meet and playfully interact through a range of patterns and formations the software generates.
Credits
Choreographer and Artistic Director: Alexander Whitley
Creative technologist: Luca Biada
Dancers: Elaini Lalousis (UK) and Gabriel Ciuli (Germany)
Music: Erased Tapes Records
Technicians: Domonic Martin (UK) and Richard Williamson (Germany)
Using Golsmith Mocap Streamer
Alexander Whitley Dance Company Saturday 16th Nov, 7pm & 8pm
Alexander Whitley is an award-winning choreographer whose pioneering work with digital technology has placed him at the forefront of innovation in contemporary dance. His multi-disciplinary practice, focusing on the use of motion-tracking and interactive technology, spans stage, installation, film, and immersive platforms.
Founding Alexander Whitley Dance Company in 2014, his productions, created with studios such as Marshmallow Laser Feast, The Guardian VR and HTC Vive Arts, have toured theatres around the UK and internationally and have been presented at London Film Festival, SXSW, Mediale and Romaeuropa amongst others.
Alexander has held associateships and affiliations with the UK’s most respected dance institutions including Sadler’s Wells, the Royal Ballet and Rambert, and has created work for many of the UK’s leading companies. He is a founding member of New Movement Collective, a lecturer on Design for Performance and Interaction at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL and the founder and creative director of the Digital Body Festival.
