Cloud Gate Dance Theatre is planning to launch a new show, Waves, in collaboration with Japanese new media artist Daito Manabe in October, the dance troupe said on Friday.
Cloud Gate artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung (鄭宗龍) and Manabe are working to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into the new work, Cheng said.
Under the theme of waves, Cheng said he and Manabe, who is known for his involvement in Tokyo’s 2020 presentation at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics Games in Brazil, were trying to “bring body movements and AI technology together.”
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Manabe has begun documenting dancers’ breath and muscle movements using recorders and electrical stimulators, Cheng said.
With those data, Manabe would then apply AI to create music and imagery that would “interact” with dancers performing Waves on stage, he said.
Waves would not be a work based solely on a choreographer’s concept and design, but a collective work made by everyone involved, he said.
“Through this work, we will blur the boundaries of the creative process,” he added.
Cheng said he hopes that AI can also “intervene” in his choreographic process.
“We are still experimenting with this idea,” Cheng said, adding that the use of AI — which would be the first time for the troupe — is intended to explore the possibilities of different dance movements.
While Waves is still being developed, it is scheduled to premiere in October in Taiwan, Cheng said.
Established in 1973 by Lin Hwai-min (林懷民), Cloud Gate is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year with a series of events, including a nationwide tour of Lin’s 1978 work Legacy.
The troupe plans to embark on a five-week tour in Europe in November, following the premiere of Waves, during which it would feature Lunar Halo and 13 Tongues, which were shown in 2019 and 2016 respectively, Cheng said.
The troupe is scheduled to perform at the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, Mercat de les Flors: DanceHouse in Barcelona, Teatros del Canal in Madrid and at the Cannes Dance Festival in France, he said.
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