Together//Apart is a choreographic performance for humans and a robot. It creates dynamic interactions between humans and machines, questioning how we co-exist in space, using proxemics as a poetic device. Together//Apart questions what happens when we share intimate space with machines. Through live coding, real-time projections and a bespoke sensing system, the choreographer is able to send instructions for spatial patterns to both dancers and robots in real time. The performers (both human and robot) respond to each other, shifting from leader to follower, changing formation to formation, attracting and repelling from each other in the space.

Artistic Director: Kate Sicchio

Dancers: Marissa Schroder, Amelia Virtue

Robotics: Patrick Martin

Software: Matthew Kaney

Lighting: Carrie Cox

Music: Tom Hopkins

Assistant: Sara Matthews

Special thanks: Zoe Kim

This project was hosted by TLab Shares at TheaterLab, New York NY. It was funded by a Virginia Commonwealth University Breakthrough Grant.