feeling distance

Feeling Distance is an interactive choreographic event conceived for the internet. The online audience not only watched the piece live streamed, they also had the opportunity to interact with the dancer’s costumes and provide a virtual yet physical touch to the moving bodies they are watching. When the audience clicked on the website, they inflated or deflated the costumes, adding breath and touch as the dancers respond; creating moments of blooming and wilting, supporting and suffocating, inhaling and exhaling. It explores virtual touch and haptic feedback in a time of screen based communication. It creates a space for new remote explorations of presence and connections to audiences. 

Video: https://vimeo.com/637531478

Behind the scenes video: https://vimeo.com/511727042

Concept & Direction: Kate Sicchio

Choreography: Kate Sicchio with dancers

Dancers: N’dea Harris, Marissa Schroeder 

Technology: Kate Sicchio with Tamara Denson, Taylor Colimore

Video: Taylor Colimore

Costume Assistants: Tamara Denson 

Sound Composition: Kate Sicchio

Lighting: Carrie Cox