Interactions with AI
Interactions with AI
Interactions with AI is a collaborative research and creative project exploring how movement-based artificial intelligence can transform participatory performance and cultural experience. Developed by Alexander Whitley Dance Company, the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL, East London Dance, London College of Fashion and the University of East London, the project centres on Bhangra as a lens for examining how AI can represent, transmit and reimagine social dance traditions.
Through community consultation, motion capture, and AI-driven pose detection and motion matching, the team created an interactive prototype in which participants engage with a responsive digital dance partner. The system translates live movement into dynamic avatar responses, enabling a playful, embodied dialogue between human and machine.
At its core, the project investigates how AI can support intergenerational exchange, cultural expression, and wellbeing, while addressing questions of authenticity and representation. By combining artistic practice, technical innovation, and lived experience, Interactions with AI offers a new model for inclusive, culturally grounded immersive art.
Image and video credit: © Anna Strøe and Alexander Whitley.
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Interactions with AI is a collaborative research and creative project exploring how movement-based artificial intelligence can transform participatory performance and cultural experience. Developed by Alexander Whitley Dance Company, the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL, East London Dance, London College of Fashion and the University of East London, the project centres on Bhangra as a lens for examining how AI can represent, transmit and reimagine social dance traditions.
Through community consultation, motion capture, and AI-driven pose detection and motion matching, the team created an interactive prototype in which participants engage with a responsive digital dance partner. The system translates live movement into dynamic avatar responses, enabling a playful, embodied dialogue between human and machine.
At its core, the project investigates how AI can support intergenerational exchange, cultural expression, and wellbeing, while addressing questions of authenticity and representation. By combining artistic practice, technical innovation, and lived experience, Interactions with AI offers a new model for inclusive, culturally grounded immersive art.
Image and video credit: © Anna Strøe and Alexander Whitley.
The video on this page has no sound.
Lead:
ANNA STRØE (UCL), ALEXANDER WHITLEY (AWDC)
Date:
2025
Team:
Team:
Luca Biadi (Alexander Whitley Dance Company), Dr Jessica Bugg (London College of Fashion), Gemma Griffiths (East London Dance), Nadia Malik (London College of Fashion), Ben Stanley (East London Dance), Anna Strøe (UCL), Carla Trim Vamben (University of East London), Alexander Whitley (Alexander Whitley Dance Company).
Luca Biadi (Alexander Whitley Dance Company), Dr Jessica Bugg (London College of Fashion), Gemma Griffiths (East London Dance), Nadia Malik (London College of Fashion), Ben Stanley (East London Dance), Anna Strøe (UCL), Carla Trim Vamben (University of East London), Alexander Whitley (Alexander Whitley Dance Company).
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