Dis_place is an innovative one-to-one site-based immersive performance created by choreographer, digital dance artist and Near Now Studio Member Kerryn Wise.
Live immersive performance
Broadway Gallery & The People's Hall
Saturday 5 Oct: performances between 11:00AM – 9:00PM (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 6 Oct: performances between 11:00AM – 2:00PM (SOLD OUT)
Taking place across the road from Broadway's Gallery at The People’s Hall, a building with a rich history, audiences are invited to experience a performance journey that moves across virtual and physical space through a combination of 360˚ video, volumetric graphics, immersive audio and live dance performance. Dis_place highlights the memories and histories revealed in the beautiful, decaying heritage building's architecture, creating a unique, multi-sensory immersive experience.
Meet at Broadway Gallery to be directed to the performance. Please arrive promptly at your selected time slot. Dis_place is designed for one audience member at a time, performances will last approximately 20 minutes.
Virtual Reality experience (Saturday only)
Broadway Gallery, 11:00AM – 7:00PM
The live performance will be complemented by a VR volumetric film experience in Broadway's Gallery. Developed using creative software tool Depthkit, Kerryn and her collaborators have captured the dancers performing in parts of the People’s Hall building, creating an off-site VR experience that evokes the atmosphere of this unique place.
Drop in at any time to have a go.
Q&A + wine reception (Saturday only)
On Saturday 5 Oct from 6:00PM – 7:00PM, Kerryn Wise and Creative Technologist Ben Neal will be in the Gallery to talk about their work and answer questions about the development of the dis_place project.
Join us for an informative chat and a glass of wine.
Access
Entry to The People's Hall is via steps and is not wheelchair accessible.
Broadway's Gallery is located on the lower ground floor of Broadway Cinema, nestled within Broadway’s design and innovation studio spaces behind Screens 3 and 4.
The space can be accessed via Broadway's main entrance but also has direct access from Heathcoat Street. Broadway’s design and innovation spaces are fully wheelchair accessible, with ramps and lift access from Broadway’s Box Office.
About the artist
Kerryn Wise is a movement-based artist, researcher and performer based in the East Midlands, making work across dance, physical theatre, contemporary performance and digital technologies.
Kerryn is a Near Now Studio Member and is supported by Studio Wayne McGregor through the Questlab Network programme.
Dis_place by Kerryn Wise is made in collaboration with:
- Dancers: Paloma Styles, Seraina Dejaco and Kim Bormann (film)
- Performer & guide: Tina Carter
- Creative Technologist: Ben Neal
- Sound Designer: Daniel Frazer
- Costume Designer: Nadia Malik
- Lighting Designer: David Wilson-Clarke
Dis_place is supported by Dance4, De Montfort University, Studio Wayne McGregor, Arts Council England and Broadway's Near Now.
