Girls just wanna have… HUMANITY
With K.I.nd of Human by Roberta Pisu / Arcis_collective, Dance Week celebrating female creativity comes with the sound of the sax!
Can AI create art? Four dancers and four saxophones reclaim art as a profoundly human act, starting from a reflection on the immense potential of artificial intelligence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSmhB06d4so
Artistic direction and choreography: Roberta Pisu
Composition: Leonhard Kuhn
Music: Arcis Saxophon Quartett
Dancers: Edoardo Cino, Fabio Calvisi, Vittoria Franchina, Sofia Casprini
Costume curation: Bregje van Balen
Tailoring: Lucia Zettl
Choreography assistant: Francesca Poglie
Filming: Florian Leuschner, Georg Stirnweiß
Video editing: Alfonso Fernández Sánchez
Photos: Martin Misere, Georg Stirnweiß, Robert Fischer, Luca Di Bartolo
Production: arcis_collective
K.I.nd of Human is a 60-minute performance featuring four dancers and four musicians, exploring the ever-evolving relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence.
Premiered in 2022 in Munich, the work investigates the immense potential of AI while also addressing its inherent limitations—the most evident being its inability to experience mortality. With an original score by Leonhard Kuhn, composed in collaboration with artificial intelligence, the music gradually shifts from electronic to acoustic, reflecting a journey from the artificial to the human.
The performance opens with musicians playing saxophones submerged underwater, their sounds interwoven with electronic compositions—metaphorically evoking the birth of humanoids. As the piece unfolds, both music and movement progressively shed layers of artificiality, culminating in a fully acoustic finale that celebrates the fleeting beauty of human existence.
In an era in which artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in our lives, K.I.nd of Human raises profound questions: what truly defines us as human beings? The work focuses on three fundamental qualities—physicality, transience, and uniqueness. Human consciousness is inseparable from the body; every experience is singular and finite, shaped by the inevitability of life and death, which give depth and meaning to our existence. AI, while intelligent, lacks this physical and emotional temporality. Rather than merely critiquing technology, the production enters into dialogue with it, challenging widespread fears surrounding the rise of AI and inviting audiences to explore its unknown possibilities.
Can AI create art? Art requires self-awareness, intention, and a unique perspective—traits that artificial intelligence, despite its advances, may never fully possess. During rehearsals, AI acted as a creative partner, suggesting choreographic and musical ideas. However, it was the human artists who shaped and interpreted these inputs, revealing that the essence of art may remain an intrinsically human mystery—one that AI, no matter how advanced, is not yet able to replicate. And yet, as technology continues to evolve, the boundaries between the artificial and the organic remain uncertain, prompting us to question how much of ourselves we are willing to surrender to the machine.
Roberta Pisu (Cagliari, 1984) is an Italian dancer and choreographer. After training in France at the Académie de Danse Classique Princesse Grace and completing a Bachelor’s degree in Contemporary Dance at the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, she developed an international career, collaborating with leading choreographers such as William Forsythe, Wayne McGregor, Jacopo Godani, Marco Goecke, Emanuel Gat, and Ismael Ivo. From 2012 to 2023 she was a soloist at the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich, where she also launched an intensive choreographic practice, creating numerous works for the theatre.
In 2020, she co-founded arcis_collective in Munich together with the Arcis Saxophon Quartett, serving as its Artistic Director. The collective was created with the aim of merging chamber music and contemporary dance into a unified performative experience, in which musicians and dancers fully share the stage. Inspired by the intimacy and emotional depth of chamber music, arcis_collective addresses social and cultural themes through a contemporary language, fostering a strong interaction between sound, body, and stage presence.
With arcis_collective, Roberta Pisu has created numerous works presented in theatres, festivals, and non-conventional spaces in Germany and Italy, including HEIMAT, 2xGETANZT, K.I.nd of Human, Quirky Night Club Chronicles, Live.Love.Arcis, LUX, and WHITE. Alongside her creative work, since 2024 she has been teaching choreographic composition at the Iwanson International School of Contemporary Dance, continuing her research into the dialogue between music and movement and the redefinition of the boundaries of the performing arts.
TICKETS
Full price: €10
Reduced price (under 30, dance schools, Liceo Coreutico Matilde di Canossa, over 65, CRAL Comune di Reggio Emilia members): €6
Reduced price (under 8): €3
TICKET PURCHASE
Tickets can be purchased online at www.biglietteriafonderia39.it.
The box office at Fonderia opens one hour before the start of the performance.
Tickets are unnumbered.
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