Dance Magazine: In a performance at the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces this past June, Sasha Peterson leaned the side of her body onto Michael Figueroa’s shoulders, sharing weight in a traditional contact-improvisational lift. But rather than disembark back to the floor, Peterson rolled down Figueroa’s back—and stayed there, her body perpendicular to his, suspended in space.
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This is extremely fascinating to me as someone who both used to dance and wanted to be a NASA Engineer at some point (until physics ruined it for me). It’s quite the intersection between arts and STEM, and it definitely got me thinking about what zero gravity dance could look like! As a kid, I used to do dance moves underwater to see what it would look like, especially in terms of ballet. This just feels like people building on that interest and curiosity I had as a kid regarding this sort of thing. I can only imagine what teching a show with zero gravity dance would be like and the technologies involved. I also understand the whole point regarding dance usually being so grounded that it would be hard to imagine what it would look like without the ground’s involvement. This especially makes me want to see what dancers come up with, and I’m also fascinated by the possible technology that could be made in pursuit of this curiosity.
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