‘Two years ago it was impossible’: how tech turns dance into a multisensory fantasy

‘Two years ago it was impossible’: how tech turns dance into a multisensory fantasy

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https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/01/two-years-ago-it-was-impossible-how-tech-turns-dance-into-a-multisensory-fantasy

From the Barbican in London to shopping centres around the country, audiences can become part of sophisticated new XR dance spectaculars – diving into Lewis Carroll’s imagination or an extravagant ballroom

I’m in an abandoned-looking house, where a woman appears like a dancing apparition. Then I’m going down a rabbit hole into a tea party in a bright yellow field. I’m conducting avatars moving to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring; taking part in a dance class where the teacher is a hologram; arriving at a grand Parisian party dressed in Chanel.

‘Two years ago it was impossible’: how tech turns dance into a multisensory fantasy

Apr 1, 2022, 2:31pm UTC
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/01/two-years-ago-it-was-impossible-how-tech-turns-dance-into-a-multisensory-fantasy > From the Barbican in London to shopping centres around the country, audiences can become part of sophisticated new XR dance spectaculars – diving into Lewis Carroll’s imagination or an extravagant ballroom > I’m in an abandoned-looking house, where a woman appears like a dancing apparition. Then I’m going down a rabbit hole into a tea party in a bright yellow field. I’m conducting avatars moving to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring; taking part in a dance class where the teacher is a hologram; arriving at a grand Parisian party dressed in Chanel.