Deviations in Contemporary Theatrical Anthropology

Ester Fuoco is a Senior Researcher in Performing Arts at the IULM University. In 2019, she obtained a PhD in Digital Humanities from the University of Genoa through a joint program with Paris 7 University. In 2021, she received a research grant at the Institute of Biorobotics at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies. From 2022 to 2023, she was a postdoctoral researcher on a project titled "Onlife Theatre: Creative and Reception Convergences between Live, Digital, and Transmediality". Her main research areas focus on the use of new technologies in performance from an anthropological and aesthetic perspective.

Introduction

1. Anthropological and Performative Paradoxes on the Contemporary Stage

1.1 Deconstructing the Human: An Artistic Paradox

1.2. AI-Driven Performance Inspired by Human

1.3. Collaborative Creativity in the Digital Age: Exploring AI as a Co-Author

2. Performative Migrations: Between Dissolution and Metamorphosis

2.1. Redefining Performance in Virtual Reality

2.2. Living (in) Another’s Body

2.3. Digital Puppeteering: The Transformation of the Human Body through Emerging Technologies

3. Artistic Experimentation and the Role of Performing Robots

3.1. Machines “Like” Me: Rimini Protokoll’s Uncanny Valley

3.2. Exploring Human-Robot Interactions through Dance

3.3. The Harmonious Dialogue between Man and Machine: The Pas de Deux of Huang Yi & Kuka

4. Rethinking Linear Perspective in Contemporary Theatrical Studies

4.1. Performative Deviations: Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Art

4.2. Space, Time, and Reality

4.3. Traditional and New Trajectories in Theatrical Anthropology

Index