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Das Totale Tanz Theater - A Virtual Reality Dance Experience for Man and Machine

Das Totale Tanz Theater
A Virtual Reality Dance Experience for Man and Machine

Who are humans in the age of technology? What role do they play and how do they interact with the machines that surround them? These types of questions were already negotiated at the Bauhaus 100 years ago. “Das Totale Tanz Theater” frames these questions today in the context of the development of artificial intelligence by staging a virtual reality dance experience. Using VR headsets, visitors can immerse themselves in a vast virtual stage where they are invited to activate a dance machine and experience a dance choreography over three levels. The entanglement of human choreography, personal intervention and machine algorithms results in new forms of movement and dance in space. Inspired by Oskar Schlemmer’s stage experiments and Walter Gropius’ ideas on total theater, with a choreography by Richard Siegal “Das Totale Tanz Theater” allows visitors to immerse themselves in this world.

  • Diana Schniedermeier
    Idea & Story
  • Maya Puig
    Idea & Story
  • Maya Puig
    Lead VR Creators
  • Patrik de Jong
    Lead VR Creators
  • Dirk Hoffmann
    Lead VR Creators
  • Torsten Sperling
    lead Technologists
  • Sebastian Hein
    lead Technologists
  • Diana Schniedermeier
    Executive Producer
  • Richard Siegal
    Choreographer
  • Lorenzo Bianchi-Hoesch
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality
  • Runtime:
    12 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 14, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    900,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Germany
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Official Opening Festival of the Bauhaus Year at the Academy of Arts
    Berlin
    Germany
    January 16, 2019
    World Premiere
  • Eye Filmmuseum
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    March 5, 2019
    Dutch Premiere
  • CPH:DOX
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    March 20, 2019
    Danish Premiere
  • BiPod Festival
    Beirut
    Lebanon
    April 3, 2019
    Lebanese Premiere
  • Cannes XR @ Festival de Cannes
    Cannes
    France
    May 14, 2019
    French Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Exhibition at the Phi Centre
    Montreal
    France
    May 28, 2019
    North American Premiere
    Exhibition
  • VRHAM!
    Hamburg
    Germany
    June 7, 2019
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Interactive Media Foundation
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
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