Events
This Body is Generated: Dancing Virtual Worlds from AI to VR
- Organisers: Evelyn Wan, Laura Karreman, Maaike Bleeker
- RSVP: p.y.wan@uu.nl (by June 10th)
- Credits: 1 ECT**
On June 16th, we are thrilled to welcome Pichet Klunchun and Kornkarn Rungsawang from the renowned Pichet Klunchun Dance Company (Bangkok), who will join us after their European premiere of Cyber Subin at Holland Festival, alongside designer Pat Pataranutaporn from MIT Media Lab. Our local expert Abdelhadi Baaddi from Innovation:Lab, research platform for art, technology, and science, will also join to share his experience working with Het Nationale Ballet in the Netherlands. Enriching the conversation will be expert reflections from media and performance studies scholars Dr. Laura Karreman from Utrecht University and Dr. Robert Walton from the University of Melbourne.
In a roundtable, our special guests will share with us their innovative performance projects that incorporate AI, motion capture, and VR, in the fascinating intersection of dance, knowledge transmission, traditional culture, and digital technology. The 3 projects are Cyber Subin (Pichet Klunchun Dance Company), Mali Bucha: Dance Offering (Kornkarn Rungsawang), and Pulse (Innovation:Lab, Dutch National Opera & Ballet and &samhoud). How are bodily knowledges transformed into digital representations and archives, through motion capture and code? How do dancing bodies and non-white bodies complicate and challenge the seemingly-neutral virtual avatar? Is there a future for rituals and traditions in the digital realm? Join us for an exciting afternoon of discussions and reflections!
This event will be followed by drinks, all are welcome!
Holland Festival Performance: Cyber Subin
Wed June 11, 6:00 PM; 9:00 PM
Thu June 12, 8:30 PM
Fri June 13, 8:30 PM
Grote Zaal, Muziekgebouw, Piet Heinkade 1, 1019 BR, Amsterdam
https://hollandfestival.nl/en/cyber-subin
€17,75, for students, including a drink
In Cyber Subin, choreographer Pichet Klunchun combines traditional Thai dance with technology. Together with MIT researcher Pat Pataranutaporn, he has created an AI that deconstructs traditional movements and generates new poses, resulting in a fascinating interaction between human and machine. Cyber Subin demonstrates the potential of combining intangible cultural heritage, intelligent technology, and posthuman choreography to expand artistic expression and preserve traditional wisdom in a contemporary context.
Cybernetics Dance Workshop on the physical relationship between humans and machines
Sun June 15, 7:00PM
Grote Zaal, Likeminds Podium, Gedempt Hamerkanaal 203, 1021 KP
https://www.hollandfestival.nl/en/workshop-cybernatics-dance
€20
With choreographer Pichet Klunchun and researcher Pat Pataranutaporn (MIT Media Lab). During the Cybernetics Dance workshop, you will explore the relationship between humans and machines through cybernetic principles such as feedback and self-regulation. Through various exercises, you will engage with the technology used in the opening performance Cyber Subin. Does human freedom exist within such a system? And can humans and machines form a symbiosis? The workshop is open to professional dancers and physical performers. People without any experience are also welcome.
**Credit and Ticket Details**
Students who sign up for ECTS will have to prepare by reading assigned texts, and writing discussion questions in advance. For these students, special tickets sponsored by NICA have been reserved for the Cyber Subin performance and Cybernetics Dance workshop at Holland Festival. To claim these free tickets, please email p.y.wan@uu.nl by 3 June 2025 to sign up. Indicate show preference (either Thu June 12, 8:30 PM or Fri June 13, 8:30 PM at Muziekgebouw) and/or workshop: first come, first served!