In collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute FIT St Augustin, Fabien Prioville explores the challenges of the latest VR technology and the associated possibilities for contemporary dance. Away from the stage, into virtual reality, a video-dance installation is being developed, which is not only recorded in public space but also experienced by the audience. The classic, narrative theater space will be expanded in two ways.

The project deals not only physically, but also virtually with the reception of contemporary dance. The proximity to the dancer body is made tangible in a way never before known. Interfaces and boundaries between theater, dance, space, the public, movement and perception are expanded and challenged by the new aspect of virtual reality.

The tension between physical live experience and media-produced, virtual reality offers choreographers, dancers and spectators a challenge and unknown potential for a new way of perceiving dance.