Faculty Forum: Do You Love Me? The Uncanny, Dancerly Future of Choreorobotics

Sydney Skybetter, a professor of choreography and emerging technologies, narrates the choreographic history that bridges dancing military robots, surveillant software platforms and centuries-old French notation practices. Through analyses of ballet history and contemporary robotics manufacturer Boston Dynamics, Skybetter sketches out the risks and opportunities of the emerging, interdisciplinary field of choreorobotics and gives an advanced preview of a new course he will co-teach in 2022 titled Choreorobotics 0101.

Sydney Skybetter

Senior Lecturer & Associate Chair, Theatre Arts and Performance Studies