Explore the intersection of dance and robotics through an innovative art installation and performance featuring a corps de ballet of robotic arms performing with human dancers. This robot ballet will explore the evolving relationship between technology and human expression, pushing the traditional boundaries of performance art and exploring new forms of audience engagement.
Dr. Merritt Moore (ArtLab artist-in-residence 2020) is a quantum physicist and professional ballet dancer who graduated from Harvard College with an undergraduate degree in physics and a PhD in Atomic and Laser Physics from the University of Oxford. She is an adjunct professor at NYU Abu Dhabi teaching “Creative Robotics & Tech, ” a course that fuses innovation, entrepreneurship, science, and technology. She was a professional ballet dancer with the English National Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, Zurich Ballet, and continues to perform with Boston Ballet.
Merritt has been invited to perform with robots at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Forbes Women’s Summit in Abu Dhabi, WORLD.MINDS in Belgrade, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, France, Romania, USA and more. Her interdisciplinary work has inspired a collaboration with Louis Vuitton, features in TIME, Financial Times (FT), Vogue, BBC, and earned her a spot in Forbes 30 under 30. She was among 12 candidates selected to undergo rigorous astronaut training on the 2017 BBC Two program, “Astronauts: Do you have what it takes?”
This event is part of ArtsThursdays, a university-wide initiative supported by the Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA).
Please note that ArtLab does not have parking, and area street parking is limited. Rideshare and public transit are recommended.