Thresholds: stories of our inner selves
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Thresholds: stories of our inner selves is a live contemporary dance and extended reality performance, where the audience
participates in embodied narratives by dancing with both real and virtual actors, immersed in a multi-sensory experience. A performer
engages with the audience-participants on stage, facilitating moments of touch seen in the headset and encouraging them to get up and
dance. The experience reflects on common and widespread mental health challenges including addiction, anxiety, depression, obsession,
jealousy and paranoia. Through the movements of the virtual bodies of the characters, the stories question the recurring causes of these
states of consciousness and encourage dialogue and sharing through the body.
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2025 |
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36 minutes |
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All ages |
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English, French |
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France, Italy, Canada |
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Mixed Reality Interactive Performance |
trailer
ARTISTs
Margherita Bergamo Meneghini
Margherita Bergamo Meneghini is a dancer, choreographer and researcher. She worked with the dance companies Erre que erre and Les
filles Föllen before founding Compagnie Voix, with which she develops research in contemporary dance and virtual reality. She is currently
writing a doctoral thesis on body-based storytelling through digital media at Université Paris 8 (France) and Università di Bologna
(Italy).
John Desnoyers-Stewart
John Desnoyers-Stewart is a postdoctoral artist-researcher at the University of British Columbia. He creates interactive installations
and performances to encourage new perspectives on reality, encouraging social connection and exploring positive applications of
immersive technology.
awards
2022 :
- Recto VRso 2022. Laval, France. April 12–17, 2022.
- Tanzahoi 2022. Hamburg, Germany. September 9–18 2022.
2023 :
- Cinedans 2023. Amsterdam, Netherlands. March 24–26, 2023.
- Filmmaker Expanded 2023. Milan, Italy. November 21–23, 2023.
- Seesaw House Residency, Riva Del Garda, Italy, April 1, 2023.
- Recto VRso 2023. Laval, France. April 12–14, 2023.
- TIFAWT Rabat Digital Arts. Rabat, Morocco. May 15–21, 2023.
- PAN Festival 2023. Riva del Garda, Italy. June 24–25, 2023.
- ZED Festival 2023. Bologna, Italy. October 14, 2023.
- Les Rencontres ArTeC. Paris, France. November 16, 2023.
2024 :
- Leiden University. Leiden, Netherlands. February 27 & 29, 2024.
- NewImages 2024. Paris, France. April 24-28, 2024.
- Dance and/as Technology. UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 2, 2024.
- Colloque arts écologies transitions. Paris, France. May 25, 2024.
2025 :
- SIGGRAPH Spatial Storytelling 2025. Vancouver, BC. August 14, 2025.
Credits
Choreography: Margherita Bergamo Meneghini ■ Scriptwriters: Veronica Boniotti and Mark Lee ■ Real-time VR development and graphic design: John Desnoyers-Stewart ■ VR interaction: Daniel González-Franco ■ Music: Dale Nichols ■ Visual design: Kirstin Huber and Amira-Sade Moodie ■ Produced by Compagnie Voix, with the support of Université Paris 8, Università di Bologna, Simon Fraser University, EUR ArTeC, Culture Moves Europe, France Active Bourgogne, Département de Saône-et-Loire, Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Château Éphémère, Artdam, Laval Virtual, Recto VRso, Seesaw Project, Digital Rise