It is once again time for “Computer Science Meets the Arts”. On Thursday 24th  February 2011 in the “Spedition am Güterbahnhof” in Bremen the curtain will rise on the new production “Parcival XX-XI”. This transdisciplinary political dance theater is a joint production staged by the Technologie-Zentrum Informatik und Informationstechnik (TZI) [Center for Computing Technologies] at the University of Bremen and the “urbanReflects” dance company from Freiburg. In this new production, media artist and TZI graduate student Gesa Friederichs-Büttner intriguingly combines contemporary dance with digital media and topical social issues into a unique work of art. The premiere is on Thursday 24th  February at 8 p.m. in the Spedition am Güterbahnhof  – next to the Handelsmuseum [trade museum]. Further performances will be held on 25th and 26th February, also starting at 8 p.m.

Together with the “urbanReflects” team, media artist Gesa Friederichs-Büttner masterfully combines live dancers and projected images to create what is at one and the same time an alarming and daunting as well as an optimistic and visionary transformation of a 21st century search for the Grail. Optical illusions, spatial entanglement and a play with history create a state of disorientation and challenge the audience to reflect their own construct of reality. Contemporary dance conflates with martial arts, hip hop elements, breakdance and acrobatics, and the dancers blend with interactive video images and mobile stage settings.

More information at: www.parcival2011.de