The human figure and its movement through time and space is at the heart of UVA’s installations and ‘choreographed environments’. Ensemble brings the figure itself into focus in a three-part study looking at the evolving relationship between bodily movement and our species’ sense of musicality.

Weaving together new research emerging from the fields of biology, neuroscience, anthropology and musicology, Ensemble examines the body/music relationship throughout various stages of human development — from hunting and gathering and the advent of bipedalism, to the cyclical, repetitive movements of the agricultural and industrial revolutions, on to the twitchy micro-gestures that characterise our sedentary lifestyles today.

Choreographed by Dana Gingras
Sound design by Roger Tellier-Craig
Curated by Julia Kaganskiy
Commissioned by 180 Studios
Photos by Jack Hemms
Film by Hot Milk Films
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