is the knowledge-sharing platform for the 

. Explore the experiments and bold ideas behind the Academy's Fellowship programme, delve into the science behind the projects of our HIDA researchers, and explore the results of international collaborations.

is a platform for discovery and documentation. Each 

showcases a unique artistic-technological research project, with topics as diverse as the use of AI in theatrical design, choreography for and with robotics, and the possibilities for theatre in virtual spaces. Each 

 offers the chance to learn more about the members of our artistic research network. By pooling our knowledge in such a way, creative research into theatre, performance and digital technologies can become more accessible, sustainable, and artistically innovative.

Funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation, the Academy will award a total of 54 fellowships between 2019 and 2022, each lasting for five months. The 

 are designed for people interested in artistic-technical research which explores the possibilities for digital narratives in theatrical spaces, as well as their practical implementation. Fellows have researched a variety of digital methods (motion capture, coding, XR, VR, AR, sensor technologies, robotics, and more) across artistic fields including opera, dance, orchestra and drama. 

Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy

(HIDA), the Academy for Theatre and Digitality has offered joint research fellowships at the interface of digital art and cutting edge scientific research since 2021. The HIDA fellowships are kindly supported by the 

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Creative Director and Somatic Coach with a background in dance, choreography and intermedia arts. 

Co-founder of 4 performance collectives, including Stratofyzika, with performance experiences inspired by computer science, technology, natural sciences, data privacy and the boundaries between humans and machines through a blend of new media, dance theatre and spatial soundscapes.

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Hen/i

With awareness, understanding what we do, we can tune in to what we would like to do and transform our experiences. Going from running things from the unconscious in an automated way, to an experience guided by choice; creating variety, creating a relationship to the greater pool of possibilities.


If we get in the mood for adaptation and regeneration by doing it in 

Do Mayer

The performance and video installation Disco Planet: Letheia takes a philosophical 3D landscape as a backdrop to inquire into relations between plants, humans and animals, and their embeddedness in environment/society. 

An artistic twin of our symbolic mindscape meets the somatic practice of tuning into our senses to expand our capacity for change and adaptation. The common urge: To find new methods to situate ourselves in our time and reshape our habitual presentation of ourselves and the commonplace.


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