Paar is a VR dance film split between a physical and virtual world. Filmed in the historic GDR-era Tieranatomisches Theater (TAT) at Berlin Charité hospital, Paar uses 360 video together with motion capture technology to follow a journey of discovery between linked bodies and theaters.
Drawing on the eerie past of the site’s animal anatomical research, two ghostly beings dance across parallel spaces, whilst discovering their human bodies and physical environment. Their movement journey imparts an energetic transmission of intimacy, curiosity and possibility via choreographic forces of glitch and fluidity. The dancers discover the tactile nature of their flesh and architectural surroundings for the first time. In Paar, dance becomes a language through which the story is told, and the scenography shifts and materializes into expansive imaginings.
In PAAR, the audience stands center within the VR experience. Choreography, sound and light pull the audience to rotate in place, widening the visual periphery in 3D. The audience is invited to join the dancers in their discovery of the liminal space between virtual and physical worlds. The immersive experience reveals a transformation of past to present;avatar to human; material to immaterial existence.
The choreography and direction is devised by dance artist Carly Lave with support by Dr. Christian Stein, cofounder of gamelab.berlin, and set to an ambient sonic landscape by the artist Arushi Jain founder of label Ghunghru Sounds.
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