A double bill of dance at the edge of myth and machine.

In its most ambitious project to date, the Alexander Whitley Dance Company fuses dance, live motion capture, and AI in a new double bill exploring the ancient and ongoing struggle between human autonomy and the forces that shape our fate.

Body and technology come face to face, providing an intimate window into our deepening relationship with intelligent machines in Mirror, and bringing a radically new perspective to Stravinsky’s masterpiece, The Rite of Spring.

Drawing on mythology, machine logic, and raw physicality, these two new works reflect our past and speculate on our future – from the haunting influence of algorithmic systems, to the ritualistic surrender to something greater than ourselves.

This double bill offers a visceral journey through observation, transformation, and the enduring human need to be seen.

Header image © Thomas Alexander

Header image description: The image shows a blurred, abstract silhouette of a human figure standing against a background of vertical light beams. At the top of the image the colours are blue and white, fading to orange and brown at the bottom, with a grainy, distorted texture. The figure appears to be slightly hunched forward, with one arm extended downward and outward.