CENTAUR
Danish Dance Theatre and an Artificial Intelligence installation perform CENTAUR, a thought-provoking new work by Artistic Director and Choreographer Pontus Lidberg in collaboration with AI-artist Cecilie Waagner-Falkenstrøm and Ryoji Ikeda, Japan’s leading audio-visual artist. The work examines the consequences of using artificial intelligence and the power of technology.
The title “CENTAUR,” inspired by the half-horse half-human creature from Greek mythology, is also the name of a computer-science concept that elevates human qualities by combining artificial and human intelligence. What happens when dancers encounter a newly developed artificial intelligence program? Does technology change us, or simply reflect who we have always been?
CREDITS
CHOREOGRAPHY: Pontus Lidberg ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTALLATION: Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm AUDIO AND VISUAL DESIGN: Ryoji Ikeda COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR VISUALS: Tomonaga Tokuyama LIGHT DESIGN: Raphael Frisenvænge Solholm COSTUME DESIGN: Rachel Quarmby-Spadaccini DRAMATURGE: Adrian Guo Silver MUSIC: Ryoji Ikeda, Franz Schubert, Giacomo Puccini COMPUTER PROGRAMMING FOR AI: ARTificial Mind & Technical University of Denmark – DTU Compute Department (Cecilie WF, Asbjørn O, Asbjørn KN, Thomas MJ and Teeratorn K). TEASER: Omid Zarei