On 18 September 2025, ICK Dans Amsterdam, together with 12 international partners, will present PREMIERE live at the Coliseu do Porto, Portugal. This event marks the conclusion of the three-year European research project PREMIERE (2022–2025), supported by Horizon Europe. Artists, scientists, and technologists from six countries have explored how XR, VR, and AI can reshape the performing arts – from creation and training to live streaming and archiving.

Join us for the final event of PREMIERE, exploring the crossroads of live performance, digital technology, and creative research. Discover the technical solutions developed by our partners over the course of the project, and experience innovative performances and installations first-hand. This evening offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to get acquainted with all the tools developed within PREMIERE in a single immersive experience.

Over the past three years, PREMIERE has brought together researchers and artists to explore how AI and XR technologies can support the entire creative lifecycle of the performing arts – from creating and streaming to archiving and analysing. The project has resulted in a range of innovative tools to browse archives, stream performances, transmit knowledge, and co-create dance works.

At the heart of this work is the 3D Virtual Theatre: a shared digital space that brings together all these tools. It not only enables XR streaming of performances but also offers an interactive visualisation tool to explore past performances – including motion, sound, and speech data – in a three-dimensional environment, and showcases the use of the AI Toolbox for dance creation.