HOMECOMING

Mixed Reality Performance

by Choreographer Georgia Tegou & Visual Artist Kristina Pulejkova

Commissioned by The Place
Supported by The Lowry, Dance East and Light Moves Festival of Screendance
Accessibility Partners: Candoco Dance Company

19 OCTOBER 2024, THE LOWRY SALFORD
15, 16 NOVEMBER 2024, THE PLACE LONDON

Homecoming is an interactive mixed-reality performance tracing the journey of a ghost trying to reclaim its body. Audiences are invited to go through three stages of embodiment, using Immersive Audio, Virtual Reality and Live Dance.

The innovative performance uses Virtual Reality and the newly developed InteractML machine learning tool to create an interactive dance theatre and immersive experience where the audience becomes the protagonist. By using gesture-based triggers in the VR piece, the audience becomes the dancer, unlocking a story through their movement.

Told through the voice of The Watcher, an eternal being in female form, the story unfolds, inviting audiences to revisit Lena Arbori’s memories through her eyes, learning about Lena’s heartbreaks, hardships and deepest desires. The only way to help Lena jump back into her body is to dance, dance, dance!

Concept, Direction, Choreography, Visual Design
GEORGIA TEGOU & KRISTINA PULEJKOVA

Music Composition & Sound Design
VINCENT CAVANAGH / THE RADICANT

Costume Designer
JUSTIN SMITH / JSMITH ESQUIRE

Performers
SUSANNA DYE, NATHAN GOODMAN, KIMBERLEY HARVEY, SYNNE LUNDESGAARD, PAULINA PORWOLLIK, JOSHUA JAMES SMITH

Creative Coders and Visual Artists for the VR experience
UNCHARTED LIMBO COLLECTIVE

VR Animation
DAVE NORTON / LIMBOTECH

VR Consultant and Interact Machine Learning Researcher and Developer
CLARICE HILTON

Creative Producer
LIA PRENTAKI

Accessibility Creative Consultant
KIMBERLEY HARVEY

Project Photography
NIKOLAS LOUKA