Inside the Pillow Lab: Dancerly Intelligences

For this project, Jacob's Pillow hosted three artists at the intersections of dance and technology for the first ever Dancerly Intelligences residency. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Grisha Coleman is a time-based artist working in performance and experiential media. She’s used her time with Dancerly Intelligences to experiment with projections on various physical objects as she develops motion portraits of people overlooked by current motion capture efforts. Catie Cuan is a pioneer in the nascent field of ‘choreorobotics’. She used her residency to choreograph her part of an 8-hour robot duet. Andrew Schneider is an OBIE award-winning, Drama Desk nominated performer, writer, and interactive-electronics artist. He used his time at Jacob’s Pillow to explore impossible synchronicities in movement between two people and sound. INSIDE THE PILLOW LAB Dancerly Intelligences RESIDENCY DATES August 9 - 13, 2023 APPEARING IN FILM Grisha Coleman "THE MOVEMENT UNDERCOMMONS: Technology as Resistance | Future Archives" Music: Grisha Coleman, Val Jeanty Andrew Schneider "Exploring Impossible Synchronicities" Collaborator at Jacob's Pillow: Lisa Fagan Catie Cuan, PhD "Breathless: Catie and the Robot" is a collaboration between Catie Cuan, Ken Goldberg, and AUTO Lab for NS+ at National Sawdust Collaborators at Jacob's Pillow: Lisa Einstein, Wren Elhai Music: Viken Arman, Peter Van Straten, and Steve Reich Moderator: Sydney Skybetter NEL SHELBY PRODUCTIONS: Nel Shelby, Producer & Director Videographers: Mason Chapello, Taylor Hutchison, and Sydney Samson Production Assistants: Rachel Lambright and Meg Murphy Benjamin Richards, Graphic Animation Sonia Bartolomeo, Editor & Project Manager The 2023-2024 PILLOW LAB RECEIVES LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FROM: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation © 2023 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Inc.