In September 2023, CFA partnered with arts colleagues at Mills College at Northeastern to host a biannual DanceHack. The program invited dancers and technologists of all levels and interests to explore this year’s theme of Post-Reality. This particular theme was intended to provoke multiple possible questions such as: What is it to live in a world dominated by swift technological change that challenges our ability to discern truth from fiction? What is the role of human creativity as AI demonstrates increasing capacity to mimic our artistic thinking? How will our embodied selves be forever altered by robotics? Through panel discussions, workshops, presentations, and a final showcase, DanceHack participants investigated these questions in a high energy, open and slightly anarchic environment.
By
Sheldon Smith