Future Figures 2025: Dance and Emerging Technologies Artist Talk #2 (with Audio Descriptions)

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 #2, creating technologist Kate Ladenheim began with a lightning talk. For the main talk, Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson of internationally-recognized disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light discussed innovations of technology in relation to access in dance, and their utopic and dystopic accessible VR experience "territory." 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.