Alexander Whitley Dance Company: ANTI—BODY

Bits and bytes flicker in the cold light, while warm, wild, expressive bodies move between them: the Briton Alexander Whitley, a leading technology freak among choreographers, dances through digital worlds and wants to know what comes after humans. Is life possible without direct experience? Can we exist outside our bodies? Can the contents of a brain be captured on a computer chip? The pandemic has accelerated the digitalization of our social interactions, large corporations are establishing virtual worlds, and our corporeal experience is being dematerialized. Anti-Body explores whether we humans can preserve our uniqueness or eventually be absorbed into a universe of algorithms. Motion-capture dots on the dancers' bodies project them directly into the virtual world, alienating and exaggerating their movements – as avatars, people atomize in a beauty that is uncanny... 

"The relationship between the technology and the dance creates a new dimension, a shimmering world of light and shadow when nothing is quite what it seems…" — londondance.com 

"Whitley discovers a new way of designing contemporary dance which offers boundless, exciting opportunities for the future." — Broadwayworld.com 

"Whitley’s choreography is sinuous, sensuous and elemental." — London Evening Standard  

Choreography: Alexander Whitley | Music: Hannah Peel & Kincaid | Lighting design: Sarah Danielle Martin | Costume: Juliette Ho | Duration: ca. 60 minutes without intermission

Dauer//Duration: ca. 60 Minuten ohne Pause // approx. 60 minutes with no intermission

Choreographie & Künstlerische Leitung // Artistic Director & Choreographer: Alexander Whitley
Tanz // Dancers: Tia Hockey David Ledger Hannah Rudd Chia-Yu Hsu (understudy)
Dramaturgie // Dramaturg: Patrick Eakin Young
Lichtdesign // Lighting Designer: Sarah Danielle Martin
Leitung Creative Coding // Lead Creative Coders / Interactive Visual Artists: Uncharted Limbo Collective (George Adamopoulos, Eleana Polychronaki, Chris Waters)
Kreative Technologie // Creative Technologist: Fenyce (Luca Biada)
Komposition & Musikproduktion // Composers & Producers: Hannah Peel & Kincaid
Kostümdesign // Costume Designer: Juliette Ho
Probenassistenz // Rehearsals Assistant: Tia Hockey