Future Figures 2025: Dance and Emerging Technologies Artist Talk #1
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As a part of the Doris Duke Theatre Opening Week Celebration, Future Figures: Dance and Emerging Technologies offered a series of artist talks aiming to cultivate a sense of wonder and possibility surrounding the use of new technology to advance the field of dance, and provide more access for all. In Artist Talk #1, Sydney Skybetter and Jazia Hammoudi and Sofia Pipa of Onassis ONX introduce the speakers of the day. Following, Clémence Debaig and Livia Massarelli of Unwired Dance Theatre discuss their audio-interactive work, "Where We Meet," which invited audiences to forge genuine connections with others through playful discovery. This talk took place on Saturday, July 12, 2025 in the Jameson Family Lobby of the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival. Video by Nel Shelby Productions.
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