YUGEN

A choreographic project by
CBC – Christine Bonansea Company

YUGEN

A choreographic project by CBC and movingimages

D e s c r i p t i o n

Christine Bonansea & Chris Ziegler are resident artists of EU dance and technology initiative MODINA (2023-2026) at Tanzhaus NRW. Under the title YUGEN (Japanese = mystery and depth), the two are researching the tension between digital technologies and the intense physicality on stage. In the context of Temps d'Images, they provide insight into this exciting work process. Bonansea & Ziegler experiment with a motion capture suit and develop a pas de deux between a human dancer and a VR avatar in a feedback loop. This looping transmission process is interrupted and altered to find again or anew the physical and individual quality of human expression in the mirror of its artificiality.

  • Performing Dates

    Touring availability:  2024 - 2025

    •  Temps d’Images 2024, Tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf, Jan 13, 2024

    UPCOMING DATES

    • 28/09 -> 02/10/2024 Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Tallinn [Showings MODINA EU residency www.stl.ee]
    • 27/10 -> 01/11/2024 Trafó, Budapest [Showings MODINA EU residency trafo.hu]
    • 24/11 -> 30/11/2024 Kino Šiška, Ljubljana www.kinosiska.si


  • Video Links

    TEASER: 

    https://vimeo.com/953108032

    TRAILER: 

    https://vimeo.com/916157843


  • Touring Cast

    Local Crew: 1 tech support/ technician from the Festival / venue



  • Partner for presentation

    - Supported by the Performing Arts Fund with funds from the Federal

    Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the program

    NEUSTART KULTUR, DISTANZEN des Dachverband Tanz Deutschland

    Germany.

    - DOCK DIGITAL (Berlin), funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

    - Supported MODINA EU Network on Dance and Technology, Tanzhaus NRW and MIREVI Mixed Reality Lab, FH Düsseldorf, Universität Tallinn (Estland) (Coordinator) Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava (Estland), Hochschule Düsseldorf (Deutschland), Tanzhaus NRW (Deutschland), ITI, IST-ID, Universität von Lissabon (Portugal)

    Kino Siska (Slowenien), Trafo (Ungarn), CNDB (Rumänien)


Premiere:
 Temps d’Images 2024,
 Tanzhaus nrw, Dusseldorf, Jan 13, 2024

TIME:
42min.

Direction: Christine Bonansea, Chris Ziegler
Choreography & Dance: Christine Bonansea
Media & Stage: Chris Ziegler
Music: Hugo Paquete
3D Programming: Ben Fischer, Chris Ziegler

Support by MODINA, Tanzhaus NRW and MIREVI XR Lab FH Düsseldorf.