EDN Atelier: "Re-visioning Creative Processes in Dance with New Technologies"
What happens when dancers and technologists experiment together? How do AI-generated movement abstractions land in the body? What does it mean to translate physical movement into sound or visual imagery? And what might these encounters ask of the frameworks- creative, institutional, and political- that currently shape dance production?
This is the first onsite Atelier of EDN’s Digital Working Group, hosted by ICK Dans Amsterdam, Space for Dance Art. Over two days, interdisciplinary dance artists and creative coders will work hands-on with tools developed under two Horizon Europe research and innovation projects: HAMLET and PREMiERE. Studio experimentation will merge with open conversation, building shared language and embodied knowledge across practice backgrounds.
HAMLET (2025-2027) aims at democratizing AI in the Cultural and Creative Industries. The consortium is co-designing AI-based technologies for the analysis and synthesis of movement and music, the generation of 3D content, and the networking of XR environments. The project culminates in the HAMLET Virtual Community Hub, a co-creation space based on the ethical sharing of technological and financial resources among artists and developers. In the atelier, emphasis is given to the re-embodiment of and interaction with AI-generated movement abstractions.
PREMiERE (2022-2025) developed AI/XR-based technologies for better preservation, understanding, and accessibility of the performing arts. It brought about the 3D Virtual Theater, an environment for archiving, streaming, and co-creating performances. Among the project results is the AI-Toolbox, a set of digital instruments designed by Instituto Stocos for the real-time analysis, synthesis and transformation of motion data. In the atelier, emphasis is given to translating the expressiveness of body movement into other sensory modalities such as acoustics and visual imagery.
We are looking for 8 interdisciplinary dance artists and creative coders (individuals or small groups) who have a demonstrated body of work at the intersection of choreographic practice and digital technologies. You have been developing an individual artistic language and have existing experience working with dance and interactive media, alongside curiosity about where that practice might go next.
You are interested in building shared vocabularies across dance and technology, and in engaging critically with questions about the role of the dancing body in the digital era, including the policy and production frameworks that shape it. Familiarity with tools such as motion capture, Python, SuperCollider, AI and machine learning, Arduino, OpenFrameworks, or C++ is welcome but not required.
The Atelier is open to participants from EDN member organisations and their professional communities, as well as external participants.
— Monday, 12 October 2026
Arrivals
— Tuesday, 13 October 2026
9:30 – Welcome with coffee and tea
9:45 – Double Skin/Double Mind Movement Practice
10:45 – Gathering of Common Knowledge: Which technologies is the dance sector using, and why?
11:15 – The PREMiERE AI-Toolbox: demo, hands-on experimentation, knowledge transmission and exchange
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – The PREMiERE AI-Toolbox (continued): demo, hands-on experimentation, knowledge transmission and exchange
15:30 – The HAMLET Movement-to-Music Generation Enabler: demo, hands-on experimentation, knowledge transmission and exchange
17:00 – Parallel Discourse Sessions:
Language at the intersection of choreographic practice and creative coding
Embodied Knowledge at the intersection of physical and digital corporealities
Dedicated rooms for focused discussions, exchange, and rest.
20:00 – Group Dinner
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
9:00 – Welcome with coffee and tea
9:30 – Double Skin/Double Mind Movement Practice
10:30 – The HAMLET Dance Style Analysis and Generation Enabler: demo, hands-on experimentation, knowledge transmission and exchange
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Discourse: Why does the dance sector want to use these technologies, and for what purposes? Creation, Documentation, Advocacy.
15:30 – Departures
Language
English
Registration
To register your interest, please complete the online form via this link: LINK
Registration closes on: [deadline]
Participation Fee
A fee of €150 will be charged to you or your organisation. Cancellations made fewer than 7 days before the event will not be refunded.
EDN Travel Support – What’s Covered
EDN offers limited travel support for:
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Members of the EDN Digital Working Group
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EDN member organisations and their freelance communities
If you are not an EDN member, you may still apply by getting in touch with an EDN member organisation near you.
Support includes:
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Travel reimbursement (up to a maximum amount – see table 2)
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2 per diems at €40 per day
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Up to 2 nights of accommodation in Amsterdam Nieuw-West (approx. 10 minutes by tram from the venue) – available for up to 7 participants
Extra Funding Options
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Green Travel Programme – top-up for slow or low-impact travel
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Accessibility Travel Programme – top-up for additional access needs
Selection Criteria (if applications exceed available support)
Priority is given in the following order:
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Even participation frequency among EDN member organisations
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Balanced regional/geographical representation
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Maximum of one support allocation per member organisation
How to Join Without EDN Travel Support
You can attend the Atelier without receiving travel support – attendance is free of charge.
For alternative funding, consider:
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On-the-Move Mobility Funding Guides
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Your local Creative Europe Culture Desk
Contact
For questions, contact Christoph at ednetwork.eu
About the Atelier
This event is part of the EDN Digital Working Group, which explores digitisation, AI, and innovation in dance. It is supported by Embodied Transformations, an EU-funded network project.
