Call me Jay

CALL ME JAY is a piece that brings together a dancer, a light operator (who in fact is a dancer as well) and a moving light (a remotely control LED lamp / a robot). The three interact with each other. The first is using her own, human dancing skills, the second remotely (via the board) controls the movement of the light. The third follows the orders. Or at least that’s what it looks like.
This peculiar “ballet” plays with various modes of interconnectivity, dependency and control (visible ones, remote, direct, hidden…) between humans and non humans, displaying different ways of being and doing together : ordering, asking, supporting, negotiating, imitating, amplifying…

CALL ME JAY aims in creating a space for reflection about different human/technology entanglements. It invites the audience to imagine new possible forms of community: what a collaboration with a non-human could be?

Collaborating in research and dramaturgy