Two large planet-like spheres with golden-blue swirled surfaces sit on either side of a flat black plane. Overlaid across the middle is a colorful illustrated humanoid robot in a reclining, dance-like pose, rendered in pink, yellow, and blue with visible mechanical joints and a helmeted head. Image by Kevin Ju.
Dances with Robots explores interdisciplinary collaborations at the intersection of choreography and technology, uncovering new insights into how these fields connect.
Season Two, coming July 29th 2026
We were taught that space belongs to astronauts, engineers, and billionaires. But if space is part of our future, then the question of who gets to shape it belongs to all of us. So what, if anything, can dancers do about it?
That question carries Dances with Robots through eight episodes this season, as host Ariane Michaud and the team at the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) explore what happens when embodied knowledge enters conversations about space, technology, and the future. Along the way, we encounter astronauts, scientists, engineers, architects, journalists, and artists asking what it might take for humans to live, move, and create in environments the body was never designed for.
What begins as a question about movement becomes a question about culture, access, and imagination. Who gets to see themselves in humanity's future beyond Earth? And what kinds of values do we want to carry with us when we go?
Space is more than a technological challenge. It is a social, cultural, and deeply human one. And it matters who's in the room when we imagine the future.
Buckle up. You're listening to Dances with Robots.
Dances with Robots is produced by the Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI), housed at the Brown Arts Institute, in collaboration with Consciously Produced.