DIGITAL UMBILICAL
A poetic technologic experience of dance. 

YEAR: 2019
ART DIRECTION: Salome Bazin with Body Intelligence Collective
PRODUCTION: Body Intelligence Collective 
PARTNERS: Dansathon
VENUE:  Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis 

How do we truly connect to others in the age of machines and digital connection? How can we use interactive media to deepen the connection to our body and to enhance intimacy between a performer and an audience? Repurposing technological tools of bio-data control and measurement, Digital Umbilical wants to reclaim the poetic, rhythmic and creative aspect of bio-rhythms and body cycles, enabling audiences to reconnect to their bodies.

Digital Umbilical premiered at Lilian Baylis Studio Sadlers Wells in 2019, with performance in Liege and Maison de la Danse, Lyon.

Designer: Salomé Bazin
Producer: Lara Buffard
Creative technologist: Simon Haenggi
Programmer: Jon Rowe
Performer: Adam Seid Tahir
Choreographer: Renaud Wiser
Performer: Rosanne Briens
Composer: Arthur Astier
Photography: Maria Lax
Video: Laurent Liotardo

Supported by BNB Paribas, Arts Council UK