0AR

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Premiere: 5 October 2018, Sadler’s Wells, London (UK)

0AR (zero AR) is a collection of short dance works in Augmented Reality (AR) suitable for all ages. It is based on the 2005 ground-breaking production zero degrees - a collaboration between Sadler’s Wells Associate Artists Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Akram Khan and Nitin Sawney, with sculptor Antony Gormley.

AΦE wanted to bring the liveness and collective aspect of the theatrical experience into AR, reimagining the application of this technology. 0AR is therefore a communal experience where audience members using five connected devices can interact in real time with one another and experience extracts of the original work popping up in 3D.

0AR has toured to 11 venues and 8 cities in 4 countries. It was seen by more than 1800 audience members and 1923 people took part in our workshops, talks and demo events.

“Deftly springboarding off of the celebrated Akram Khan/ Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui two-hander 'zero degrees.' 0AR is a succinct and seductive experience of augmented reality that superimposes striking virtual imagery upon a visibly real world - and all of it accomplished via a hand-held device. I was intrigued and transported by it. It's one of the first uses of technology in dance I know of that manages to impart a strange, perhaps,and even artificial yet vivid sense of spirituality as it unfolds. It's like a brief but exhilarating brush with another world that exists inside, or alongside, our own.“
Donald Hutera - dance/arts writer (The Times), curator, dramaturg, performance-maker

“My daughter (7 years old) enjoyed the dancing and being able to interact with it“
Audience member

”Surreal”
Audience member

”I enjoyed how immersive it was”
Audience member

Format: 10-minute experience suitable for all ages. A collective AR experience on tablets for 5 audience members.

Previous Tour Dates
2023
02-10/06/2023 Chaillot Theatre National de la Danse (Paris, France)

2022
12-23/01/2022 Macao Fringe Festival (Macao)
16/07/2022 Medway Gaming Festival (Chatham,UK)
05-06/08/2021 Stockton International Riverside Festival (Stockton-on-Tees, UK)
01-04/09/2022 ZED Festival (Bologna, Italy)
17-20/11/2022 Beyond the Frame Festival (Tokyo, Japan)

2021
23-25/07/2021 Moovy International Dance Film Festival (Cologne, Germany)
02-03/09/2021 Armonie D’Arte (Catanzaro, Italy)
18-19/09/2021 Out There Festival (Great Yarmouth, UK)
25-26/09/2021 Birmingham International Dance Festival (Birmingham, UK)
03-13/11/2021 Novembre Numerique/French Institute Morocco (Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Agadir, Morocco)

2020
07-08/03/2020 Belfast Children’s Festival (Belfast, UK)
17-18/04/2020 Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Londres, UK)
22-26/04/2020 LAVAL VIRTUAL (Laval, France)
30/05/2020 Salisbury International Festival (Salisbury, UK)
12-14/06/2020 Stanislavski Theatre, Moscou, Russie
19-20/06/2020 Birmingham International Dance Festival (Birmingham, UK)

2019
07-15/06/2019 VRHAM! (Hambourg, Allemagne) - International Premiere
24-25/08/2019 bOing! International Family Festival (Canterbury, UK)
18/10/2019 Thought Works (Londres, UK)
24-26/10/2019 Take Off Family Festival (Durham, UK)
06/12/2019 Festival International de Danse Animee (Le Port, La Réunion)

2018
25/08/2018 V&A Museum (Londres, UK) - Demo
13-23/09/2018 Lyon Dance Biennale (Lyon, France) - Tryout
04-07/10/2018 The Old Market/Brighton Digital Festival (Brighton, UK) - Tryout
04/10/2018-17/11/2018 Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Londres, UK) - Première Mondiale

Commissioned by Sadler's Wells, London
Co-Produced by Biennale de la danse de Lyon 2018