In the digital world, there is a vast desert formed by accumulated possibilities. Individuals often search for interests and meaning in solitude.The dancer, Zelia, engages and coexists with her virtual avatars, folding together in the faint light. Refraction, reflections, responses and reactions occur in delicate moments of dialogue and choice. The mirror image is never the same, and control is often reversed. Memories construct the future, and wounds become the reason for rebirth. Actions become poetic verses leading toward the future. Audiences participate alongside the dancer in various choices arising from bodily perception, creating a dynamic and intimate relationship between humans and digital interfaces. This adds more consideration of humanity and language of care to future communication in the AI era.

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數碼世界，一片由可能性堆積而成的大漠，個體往往孤獨地尋找趣味和意義。舞者透過和自已的虛擬化身共舞共存，在微光下一起折體，反射反照反影反應，剎那都是微妙的對話及選擇，鏡像又不一樣，控制又被反控，回憶在建構未來，受傷是新生的原因，行動成為走向未來的詩句。觀眾將和舞者一起參與各種身體感知而來的選擇，拉動對人類和數碼介面之間動態又親密的關係，為未來人類的溝通，新增更多在AI 世代下關切人性及在乎他者的思考及語言。

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Creative team

Concept, Direction, Choreography, Performance and Co-produced by: Zelia ZZ TAN 

Visual Director: Acci Baba (Japan/ Germany) 

Dramaturg: Cally Yu 

Developer and Technical Designer: Joseph Wesley Moon Watson 

Composer and Sound Designer: Olivier Cong

3D Avatar and Graphic Designer: Tian Zhang

Lighting Designer: Allen Fung^

Producer: Frieda Ng

 

Technical Director: Sanco Lee^

Technical Stage Manager: Zandra Kong 

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Presented and Commissioned by: West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Co-produced by: Goethe-Institut*

*REfract receives the support of the International Coproduction Fund (Internationaler Koproduktionsfonds) of the Goethe-Institut 

 

^ With kind permission of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

 

A creative project by ZZZT in collaboration with TechDanceLab

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Program notes:

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