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WORKSHOP - FRIDAY 6TH JUNE, 09:30-12:00
Moving Beyond Reality: Embodied Cognition and Neuro-Somatic Explorations in Virtual Worlds
Step into an immersive workshop bridging embodied cognition, neuro-somatic exploration (inspired by Awareness Through Movement (ATM)), and state-of-the-art VR technology. This unique session offers you an interdisciplinary experiential journey where your internal states are visually and interactively externalised through real-time biofeedback. Experience first-hand how your own physiological states dynamically influence and transform the VR environment, creating tangible connections between your inner world, movement, and a shared virtual reality.
Guided by radical accessibility and somatic principles, you'll engage in gentle, intuitive movements inspired by dance and ATM practices, designed to enhance self-awareness and collective coherence and explore with the translation of your data into a VR environment. You'll also be given an overview of the neuroscience of movement and embodiment, gaining a deeper understanding of how body awareness influences brain function and emotional states.
Witness the profound impact of collective embodiment, discover new pathways to connect deeply with yourself and others, and take away invaluable insights into embodied cognition and group coherence.
The workshop empowers you with direct visual and experiential evidence of how your inner state shapes your external reality. You will leave equipped with practical knowledge and tools to integrate embodied awareness into daily life, fostering lasting personal transformation and deeper interpersonal connections.
Perpetua
Perpetua is a dyspraxic movement designer part of Sadler’s Wells Disabled Artists Program, clinical neuroscience researcher (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology), somatic practitioner and (Awareness Through Movement) in training and Resident Artist at Nottingham University’s Virtual Immersive Production Studio. Her research and artistic practices focus on dyspraxia and dance, using the revelatory powers of neuroscience and immersive technology to make the invisible; visible. She integrates her disciplines into her practice, which is guided by principles of radical accessibility and grounded in a deep intention to help people reconnect with their embodied cognition and each other.
PANEL - FRIDAY 6TH JUNE, 17:30-18:30
NoBODY Left Behind
How can our bodies stay relevant in virtual worlds? It’s time to recentre the body in digital space while performing arts reconfigure around the latest technologies.
PANEL 1 - SATURDAY 7TH JUNE, 16:30-17:30
Embracing the Unexpected: The Open-Ended Possibilities of Digital Co-Creation
Can we let go of fixed outcomes by allowing audiences to help craft work in the moment? Can performing arts adopt gaming systems to become more inclusive and fun? Is it time to embrace risk?
Please note: ticket price includes entry to both panels on Saturday 7th June.
PANEL 2 - SATURDAY 7TH JUNE, 17:45-18:45
Exploring Digital Worlds Beyond the Proscenium
Can theatres make the arts more widely inclusive by adopting live-hybrid technologies? Or will this mark the end of ‘liveness’? How can smaller venues also take advantage of new digital possibilities without breaking the bank?
Please note: ticket price includes entry to both panels on Saturday 7th June.