OBEY
Featuring 12 dancers performing across 1.5 hours, this iteration of A.I.D. was a socio-choreographic experiment and improvised dance intervention for public space.
OBEY:Melbourne
A.I.D. @ RED STAIR AMPHITHEATRE
A.I.D. @ RED STAIR AMPHITHEATRE was the pilot of a soft touring series of works now called OBEY where partner organisations and individuals are invited to create a new work for the series, each with a new performance site and cast of dancers responding live to Alisdair Macindoe’s computer generated dance score instructions.
On Friday 11 February 2022, we performed A.I.D. @ RED STAIR AMPHITHEATRE at the public space surrounding the Red Stair Amphitheatre in Southbank Melbourne. Featuring 12 dancers performing across 1.5 hours, this performance was a socio-choreographic experiment and improvised dance intervention for public space. Dancers responded to real time instructions generated by the Alisdair’s unique dance score system delivered through discreet earpieces, to celebrate spontaneous public performance and impart a sense of collective consciousness.
View full length footage HERE.
Technology designer and creator: Alisdair Macindoe
Dancers: Tam Bouman, Jazmyn Carter, Chris Chua, Alexandra Dobson, Anika De Ruyter, Pia Lauritz, Miles Lee, Rachel Mackie, Jason Pearce, Hayley Roe, Geoffrey Watson and Josie Weise.
Software Development: Josh Mu
Producer: Freya Waterson
This presentation has been generously supported by The City of Melbourne, through their arts grants program.
