SONNET CITY

⸻⸻Sensors-based dance performance that explores the unique experience of creating live biometric and audience interactive choreographed works under conditions of isolation and lockdown to reframe issues of immigration and migration. Showcases the immigrant dancer Răzvan Stoian (Romania/USA) and an international team of creative technologists working remotely (US, Brazil, UK, Ukraine, Estonia, India). The live performance uses an EmotiBit to measure the biometrics of the performer, transforming them into an interactive visual and sonic environment. The performance highlights the contrast between inner and outer emotional states, focusing on the shifting structure of linguistic meaning between Stoian’s native Romanian and adopted English. ⸻⸻

⸻● CREDITS

Team members: Kat Mustatea, Răzvan Stoian, Aline Martinez, Derek Kwan, Manik Perera, Ni Ni Than, Nuntinee Tansrisakul, Vinay Khare, Yuguang Zhang, and Yurii Tymoshenko Incubated: Art-A-Hack and ThoughtWorks Arts in partnership with Battery Dance Festival, EmotiBit, eˉlektron and U.S. State Department Alumni TIES / World Learning

⸻● PERFORMANCES

2020⎞〰Premiere〰 Battery Dance Festival, New York (USA) 2021

⸻● PRESS

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