1st Edition
Robot Theaters Collisions in Performance and Social Robotics
Contributor Biographies
Introduction
Hilary Bergen, Eric Mullis, Benny Simon, and Sydney Skybetter
Part I: Histories
Chapter 1: Bolshevist Fantasies and Soviet Realities: Constructivist Ideology and Sergei Prokofiev’s Le Pas d’acier.
Andrew Grossman
Chapter 2: Ogmios Z42 Across Reality and Fiction: The Birth of Robot Characters.
Marina Hanganu
Chapter 3: Robot Action Spectacular!: Risk, Assemblage, and Stuntronics in the Theme Park Stunt Show.
Chip Limeburner
Part II: Close Encounters
Chapter 4: Tender Robotics: A Framework for Meaning-Making Through Emotional Investment.
Ilya Vidrin
Chapter 5: Seat at the Table: A Conversation with Sydney Skybetter.
Jessica Rajko
Chapter 6: Machinic Expressivity: Performative Encounters with Proto-AI in the Work of Nell Tenhaaf and Norman White.
Treva Legassie
Part III: Processes and Processing
Chapter 7: I Am Not Just One Person: An Interview with Huang Yi.
Eric Mullis and Sydney Skybetter
Chapter 8: Together//Apart: Explorations in Choreorobotic Performance Ontologies.
Kate Sicchio and Patrick J. Martin
Chapter 9: No Time to Dance: An Interview with Joy Davis.
Jessica Rajko
Chapter 10: Exploring the Interplay of Swarm Robotics and Choreography.
Hélène Duval, Audrey Rochette, Geneviève Dussault, and David St-Onge
Chapter 11: Computing Connections: An Interview with Thomas F. DeFrantz.
Eric Mullis
Part IV: Agencies
Chapter 12: How Should I Move with You, Robot?
Eric Mullis
Chapter 13: Improper Bodies: Robots, Prosthetics, and Disability in Contemporary Performance.
Elizabeth Jochum and Marco Donnarumma
Chapter 14: Dancing with Machines: A New Materialist Dramaturgy
for More-than-Human Encounters
Petra Gemeinboeck
Chapter 14: Dancing with Machines: A New Materialist Dramaturgy for More-than-Human Encounters.
Petra Gemeinboeck
Index
Biography
Hilary Bergen holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Humanities from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. She is an FRQSC Postdoctoral Researcher at The New School in New York City.
Eric Mullis is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Queens University of Charlotte, U.S.A.
Benny Simon received an MA in Dance Education from New York University and is a PhD candidate in Dance Studies at The Ohio State University.
Sydney Skybetter is the Director of the Brown Arts Institute and an Associate Professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, U.S.A.
