Pas de Dieu (working title) will be a dance duet for one human dancer and one virtual or “invisible” dancer. Each dancer, visible and invisible, will have their motion tracked by robotic spotlights that will be positioned on the ceiling downstage. The spotlight covering the human dancer will detect the dancer’s location and automatically follow her wherever she moves on the stage. The virtual dancer, represented by the second spotlight, will automatically move around to show its motion within the space. The virtual dancer will be an intelligent agent that will react to the location and motion history of the human dancer and respond accordingly with motion around the stage, mimicking the actions of a real dancer. The spotlights will appear as two different colored shafts of light coming down from the ceiling.

 

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