A Body for Harnasie is a brand new manufacturing by choreographer Wayne McGregor and visible artist Ben Cullen Williams, reimagining the ballet rating Harnasie by Karol Szymanowski, which relies on a Polish folks story. Incorporating AI, dance, sculpture and orchestral music, the present tasks footage onto a kinetic sculpture that sits above the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), on the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland.
To create the visuals, Cullen Williams filmed Studio Wayne McGregor dancers, and then utilized AI to mix the live-action footage with algorithmic manipulation to “bring an abstract nuance” to the movie, says Cullen Williams, and “tease out qualities that we understand as humans, but we might not actually be there within the recorded footage”. The footage is then projected onto the kinetic sculpture which rotates and adjustments form amidst the orchestra performing Szymanowski’s ballet rating, below conductor Edward Gardner.
Director and choreographer Wayne McGregor
Sculpture design, movie creation and AI improvement Ben Cullen Williams
Principal conductor Edward Gardner
Music Karol Szymanowski
Original dance Company Wayne McGregor
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