The Embellished Gesture (Virtual or Not)
Dancers: Lauren Guthrie, Georgia Morgan, Maggie Ogle, and River Weill
Director: Rory Willats
Choreographer: Kathleen Hickey
Composer: Nicki Duval
Prompted by new performances of masculinity in social virtual reality, this dance-media performance combines the live motion data from three modalities of pedestrian gesture to create a new choreography—a launching point from which to explore the flows and possibilities manifest within (and between) the hybrid body.
Produced by University of California, Santa Cruz in 2023
Featured at the 2024 A2RU Conference at the Rochester Institute of Technology