LET DANCE BE YOUR GUIDE THROUGH SITES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
An interdisciplinary project in the form of an augmented reality application for smartphones, Dance Walk combines Greek cultural heritage with contemporary dance and high-tech.
It proposes a stroll at the centre of Athens, with stops at selected archaeological sites, where the users can attend through their device, a short dance performance, inspired by the environment, the architecture, and the history of the place (site-specific dance).
At each archaeological site the visitors locate a specific spot through the their smartphone’s camera. This activates the digital model of each dancer who comes to life within the screen’s frame, surrounded by the elements of the scenery.
Past and present meet on the device’s screen, while new technologies and dance provide the opportunity for new ways of experiencing a place, within an overlay of physical and digital space.
@ Alekos & Christos Bourelias / archlabyrinth
@ Alekos & Christos Bourelias / archlabyrinth
CREATORS
Kyriaki Nasioula | Argyris Angeli
CREDITS
Concept: Kyriaki Nasioula
Direction: Kyriaki Nasioula, Argyris Angeli
Choreography: Kyriaki Nasioula
Research – Concept development: Argyris Angeli
Four-dimensional digital capture: CERTH/ITI Team
Application design & development: CERTH/ITI Team
Augmented reality system design & development: CERTH/ITI Team
Graphic design: Argyris Angeli, CERTH/ITI Team
Costume design: Vasiliki Syrma, Argyris Angeli
Hats: Alekos Bourelias, Argyris Angeli
Make-up artist: Sophia Voulala
Dancers (in alphabetical order): Mina Ananiadou, Dimitra Mertzani, Anastasia Valsamaki
Publicity: Maria Nathanail, Babis Moskofoglou
Photography - Filming: Alekos & Christos Bourelias / archlabyrinth
Music for trailer: Jeph Vanger
Production management: Kyriaki Nasioula, Katerina Kotsou
Production assistant: Nefeli Francesca Vlachouli
DanceWalk project has been realised under the auspices and with the financial support of the Greek Ministry of Culture.
In collaboration with Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH).
