The IMMEDIATE project reflects the current situation of a cultural divide between the world of contemporary dance and the world of digital art. When we look closely at the dance forms today, we think of necessary evolution, of integrating immersive media technologies, dance and telematic environments.
At the moment, so many great technological tools are being developed at different research centres and universities without any real impact in artistic performances that the European audience is offered.
What comes out of a human gesture captured and transferred into digital audiovisual content? What advantage does the tele-immersive interaction represent? What can be achieved via choreographing collaboration of real and virtual dancers, some on a real stage, some other in virtual online environments?

Large workshops focused on integration of digital real-time performance tools, threedimensional motion-capture facilities and systems supporting on-line "intelligent
stages" (5 days each) in Prague, February 2008 + Istanbul, November 2008

Distributed mixed-reality experimental performances combining real and virtual

dancers in tele-immersive environments (1 day each) in Prague, February 2008 + Istanbul, November 2008

Prototype distributed performances experimenting with particular motion capture, 3D, and network tools (1 day each) in Cologne, December 2007 + Bratislava & Aix en Provence, April 2008 + Ljubljana & Cologne, June 2008