Contemporary dance, artificial intelligence, orchestral music, Polish folklore – that’s A Body for Harnasie (pictured above), a heady mix from the mind of choreographer Wayne McGregor, working with visual artist Ben Cullen Williams.
I saw this version of Karol Szymanowski’s ballet score at London’s Southbank Centre. The event brought together the London Philharmonic Orchestra with AI-enhanced footage of dancers, projected onto a shape-shifting sculpture (see link above).
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I also got a peek at Autobiography v95 by McGregor, which uses Google’s AI tool AISOMA (trained on his archive) to create new movements for this exploration of the self through dance.
Another treat will be at the , London, from 7 May. is a photographic exhibition to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1924 British Mount Everest expedition, with images from the archive. The trek, meant to be the first to summit Everest, failed and four of the team died.
David Stock
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London
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See clips of the AI-enhanced dance show A Body for Harnasie at
