New York City premiere of discrete figures 2019 by Japanese companies Rhizomatiks Research and ELEVENPLAY, and American media artist Kyle McDonald as the feature performance of the 2019 annual Live Ideas.
This year’s festival, titled AI: Are You Brave Enough for The Brave New World? runs May 8-12.
Five live female dancers execute choreography with machine learning technology on a stage designed for interactivity between performers, drones, and Artificial Intelligence, in the quest for a new palette of movement to foster undiscovered modes of expressive dance that transcend the limits of conventional human subjectivity and emotional expression.Inspired by mathematician Alan Turing, this expansive multidisciplinary collaboration between contemporary mathematicians, dancers, media artists, composers, and engineers has created a complex experimental augmented reality performance.
Truly a first of its kind, discrete figures probes the circuitry connecting the corporeal to the cognitive, questioning the very essence of humanity and machine. Having garnered an international following for their many groundbreaking collaborations that meld conceptual and high-tech innovation, Rhizomatic Research and ELEVENPLAY forge unexplored possibilities in dance as a performing art.
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discrete figures 2019
First Preview: May 3, 2019
Opening Date: May 8, 2019
Closing Date: May 11, 2019
Running Time: 01:15
Playing @
New York Live Arts
219 West 19th Street, New York City, NY 10011
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Performance Schedule
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8:30 PM
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Full-price tickets:
$35.00 - $45.00
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Accessibility
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Box Office
Lobby level; accessible -
Restroom
The ground floor restrooms and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Elevator/Escalator
Elevator to all floors -
Telephone
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Entrance
The lobby is accessible via the double doors to the left of the revolving door at 219 W 19th Street. -
Wheelchair Info
The first floor lobby is a communal public space and wheelchair accessible via the street facing double doors next to the main entrance at 219 W 19th Street. Theater, dressing rooms and 3rd floor studios are accessible by elevator. Restrooms throughout the building and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Folding Armrests
None available -
Parking
Street parking only -
Water Fountain
Lobby level; wheelchair accessible
