Notion: Dance Fiction by Choy Ka Fai

Technology meets dance in this lecture performance by artist Choy Ka Fai. Inspired by the evolution of dance history in the last century, Ka Fai conducts a "muscle memory" experiment with dancer Joavien Ng in this boundary-pushing work. In Notion: Dance Fiction, sensors are attached to the body to transmit muscle vibrations into digital notations. These digital "muscle memory" implants attempt to condition the body in recreating a selection of iconic dance choreography.

After the lecture performance, audience members are invited to participate in an experiment for the Bionic Movement Research, if they so desire. Using similar techniques to electrical nerve stimulation, the experiment seeks to choreograph artificial muscle contraction and movement in a body. Don't miss this rare chance to experience for yourself a futuristic vision of "learning" dance gestures through digitised muscle memory.