DANCE^2 (DANCe squared)
DANCE^2 (Dance Squared) is a dance installation about human-robot interaction and our collective feelings about technology’s influence on the future. Audiences use their smartphones to interact with the performance, influencing the choreography of the human and robotic dancers. Through their choices, we explore the question of whether emerging technology is bringing us closer together or pulling us farther apart.
Created through the generous support of an Arts for All ArtsAMP Collaborative Faculty Grant, UMD Immersive Media Design program, UMD School of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies, UMD College of Information Studies, UMD Department of Art, and UMD Department of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences.
DANCE^2 will be traveling to the PRAx Performing Arts Center at Oregon State University in January of 2025.
Photo credit: Lisa Helfert