NEW HUMANBODY SOCIETY

Thinkingthroughand withthe body.

Choreography, artistic research, technological experimentation and development.

Misha Ostenrath reaching into space under violet stage lighting.
Photo: Patrick EssexDance: Misha Ostenrath

Selected works

Featured work

We, Brute Force

Dance & Virtual Reality, 8 min

Misha Ostenrath and Kevin Beyer look into the camera beneath a brick arch in We, Brute Force.
Still: Emily BindingEdit: Tabby FlynnDance: Misha Ostenrath, Kevin Beyer

For two dancers and a seated viewer (or horse, or other entity).

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Further works

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Dance / Text / Technology

New Human Body Society

TheSociety

Critical AI theory and XR practice.

New Human Body Society is the ensemble around artist and choreographer Charlotte Triebus, organised as a registered association (e.V.). It brings together dancers, costume, lighting and set designers, musicians, and developers and creative technologists from the MIREVI Lab at Hochschule Düsseldorf. Its works also involve robots, intelligent systems and horses.

At the intersection of dance, art and technology, the Society connects choreographic practice and theoretical research. It investigates the acting body, agency and queer identity relations: how bodies are perceived and interpreted, how they act on one another, and how human and artificial agents share a space. Artistic research, technological experimentation and development are integral to this practice.

Drawing on ethics and gender studies, the ensemble examines the norms and political structures embedded in technological systems. Its work considers digital change through questions of responsibility, power and participation, and insists on artistic and social possibilities beyond commercial interests.

  • Kevin Beyer (Dance)
  • Annalise Van Even (Dance)
  • Tabby Flynn (Design, Assistance)
  • Markus Fuchs (Lighting)
  • Sergej Maingardt (Music)
  • Flora Miranda (Costume)
  • Felicia Nilsson (Dance)
  • Misha Ostenrath (Dance)
  • Louisa Robin (Set design)
  • Esther Siddiquie (Dance)
  • Toby Stöttner (Assistance)
  • Yurika Sophie Yamamoto (Dance)
Guests & Friends

Artists and collaborators connected to the Society.

  • Emily BindingPhotography & dramaturgical voice
  • Machiel BorgerDesign & assistance
  • Juan Corres BenitoDance
  • Aaron Samuel DavisDance & research
  • Julie FarréDesign & assistance
  • Constanze FröhlichDramaturgical voice
  • Maayan ReiterDance

Full artistic, research, production and technical teams are credited on each project page.

Proxy avatars in an outdoor setting.
Proxy avatarsImage: NHBS
Misha Ostenrath and Kevin Beyer in green costumes beneath an architectural arch.
Photo: Emily BindingEdit: Tabby FlynnDance: Misha Ostenrath, Kevin Beyer