Thread by @Bristol_BathRD

Drum roll please...meet our new and brilliant Expanded Performance cohort. They will be exploring the concept of liveness and togetherness in the context of innovations in technology across the live music and theatre sectors (thread). Read full biogs here: bit.ly/ExPerform

First up we have our Fellows: @CleoDanceBaton will be exploring empathy, understanding, identity and healing looking at how to create stories and immersive inclusion amongst the isolated.

Next we have @EllieChads researching the transformative potential of community-engaged sensorially-immersive theatre. She will be exploring how it create new rituals of behaviour in audiences and how it impacts our bodies/brains differently to traditional theatre.

@HarrySilverlock will be researching how digital techniques such as motion and volumetric capture can expand on embodied and participatory live dance experiences and are these experiences engaging the LGBTQ community?

Manu Maunganidze is interested in the rituals we perform in our multi-cultural urban societies in the context of Expanded Performance. Can the sharing of daily rituals help to bridge understanding between communities?

Olly Langdon from @kiltertheatre will be researching how technology can build on an existing collection of ‘expansion’ techniques in theatre, specifically looking at expanding engagement numbers and opportunities for audiences at each stage of their journey.

@RoxanaVilk will be beginning her fellowship by asking how can emerging technologies allow us to Expand Performance to include communities throughout? Her research will be addressed through a lens of inclusion and co-creation.

Next up @Tanuja_A asks: Are there inherent ‘emotionalities’ in different technologies that open up new ways to connect with story in the live moment?

Tessa Ratuszynska will be researching the concept of public space in VR, and how we might represent difference in virtual public space that does not replicate exclusions in the real world.

And our ninth Fellow is @teamaxe, he is interested in embodiment and presence and his research will explore how we can enhance artistic expression and audience perception. He will be exploring how miniaturised sensors can be used to capture fine motor movements in gestural music.

Next we have six Industry Partners: @BraveBoldDrama will be exploring if the use of technology in extra-curricular performing arts opportunities means young people (11-16) from lower socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to engage.

@houseimaginatn is interested in how to engage young people in Expanded Performance work in authentic and inclusive ways. How do we genuinely co-author, co-design, and co-produce an experience that is with and for young people?

Focusing on their new large-scale commission BEETHOVEN-RENDERING, @Paraorchestra will be researching how they can develop and utilise technology to enhance the experience of live immersive performances for D/deaf audiences.

Next up, @RaucousCaucous asks how can the rulebook for live performance audience communications be re-written so the storytelling is expanded and extended using mixed-reality?

@squidsoup plans to extend their immersive multipoint sound and light system AudioWAVE, with a particular focus on live vocals and the audience/performer relationship. What form of “song” can be performed in an immersive multiple sound source space?

And finally @theeggbath asks:
- What would happen if expanded performance tore down our institutions?
- What would happen if expanded performance deconstructed our power structures?
- What would happen if expanded performance gave every child a seat at the table?

PHEW what a list, we are as excited as the children in the last photo. Stay tuned for updates as the Fellows and Industry Partners begin their research journey. Over and out.

We have some more exciting Expanded Performance news for you. With future-facing expertise across theatre, live music and audio we are partnering with @maykithappen, @RealWorldStudio and @SennheiserUSA @Sennheiser_UK read more here: bit.ly/3ed2fuq #ExpandedPerformance