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The project Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience (MODINA) aims to expand the creative possibilities for contemporary dance performances, and augment the experience for the audience, using digital technology – with an emphasis on exploring artificial intelligence (AI) and audience interaction, on-site and online. This aim has two interconnected approaches, targeting dance artists, media artists (creative technologists) and audiences.

Enhancing Dance Performances with Technology and Interaction

The project will build capacity for dance artists and media artists regarding new digital and AI-based approaches in dance – for preparing, performing, distributing and re-purposing dance works (including online) – through collaboration between artists, technologists and the project team.

Secondly, the project will allow audiences to engage with performances in an augmented way: enhancing the stage context with technology, using audience interaction strategies, through online channels, or a combination of these.

Project Partners

Modina is created with support from the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. The project partnership includes 3 academic institutions and 5 dance centres across 6 countries.

The project is led by Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (Estonia), Hochschule Düsseldorf (Germany), tanzhaus nrw (Germany), ITI, IST-ID, University of Lisbon (Portugal), Kino Siska (Slovenia), Trafo (Hungary), CNDB (Romania) and Tallinn University (Estonia) as the main coordinator.