Dansathon is a collaboration announced between Sadler's Wells, BNP Paribas Foundation, Maison de la Danse and Théâtre de Liège to explore innovations for the future of dance.
The idea came from a shared desire by Maison de la Danse and BNP Paribas Foundation to combine dance and new technologies (motion capture, IA, VR, video games, data, etc.). They teamed up with Sadler’s Wells in London and Théâtre de Liège in Belgium to create the Dansathon.
Teams will work together during three days to explore, test possibilities and produce a prototype of dance performance, a short form of creation or an installation, at the crossroad of various approaches. They are provided with space to develop and create work along with relevant technologies and support.
Through their creations and prototypes, participants will explore questions such as:
- Mixing dance and technology, can we create new artistic forms?
- What kind of new performances, new experiences can we imagine?
- How can we make dance more viral and accessible?
- How can digital dance cross boundaries, social, physical, cultural?
- How can theatres better contribute to a rich and harmonious urban life? How can we multiply positive collective experience?
- What would a digital dancing society look like?
On the third day, the creations and prototypes will be shown to an audience and a mixed jury who will evaluate them based on what has been created so far. In each city, the best project will receive a fellowship of €10,000 from BNP Paribas Foundation and will benefit from the support of co-organising theatres to continue their work of creation.
The deadline for applying to take part in the event is 1 June 2018.