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New publication : "Cyborgs, Robots, Avatars and Holograms in Performing Arts Affect Audience Reception"
by Elodie Verlinden.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26333/sts.xxxviii2.10
Summary: “To dance is human” (Hanna, 1979), but dancers on stage may be cyborgs, robots, avatars, or holograms. The boundaries between these creatures and their creators are sometimes blurred (voluntarily or not). The phenomenon is not new, but advances in technology (including AI, deep fake) broadens their use, strengthens this confusion and deepens the “uncanny valley” (Mori, 1970). If (modern, post-modern and contemporary) dance is challenging traditional spectatorship schemes in performing arts (often based on finding narrative interpretations), these “unidentified dancing beings” emphasize dance specificities, forcing the spectators to question their relationship with dancing movements and their authors and the semiotic processes through which these movements acquire meaning. This paper analyses the example of ROBOT (a piece choreographed by Blanca Li) and underlines how this shift is editing spectator’s routine when attending performing arts in general and dance in particular, from both a semiotic and signification-oriented perspective.
Link: https://studiasemiotyczne.pts.edu.pl/index.php/Studiasemiotyczne/issue/view/22
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