"The Four World Ages" - Age of Chaos Performance Excerpt
"The Four World Ages" draws on Nigerian-Igbo myth to tell the history of humanity as it unfolds through four eras: Uga Aka - the Age of Universal Oneness, Uga Chi - the Age of Self-Awareness, Uga Anwu - the Age of Civilization, and our current Uga Azi - Age of Chaos.
This performance excerpt comes from Uga Azi - the Age of Chaos.
The piece features four dancers adorned with body paint as they enact this sweeping saga, and it employs dynamic projections, innovative light design, and spatial augmented reality components that blend artificial intelligence, computer vision, motion capture technology, custom-built software, and real-time 3D rendering. The world premiere live performance took place on July 29, 2023, at The Yard on Martha's Vineyard, MA.
Creative Director: Marques Redd
Art Director: Mikael Owunna
Movement Director: Marquita Sams
Dancers: Ashley Eleby, Billy J Hawkains III, Jordan Cowan, Rishell Maxwell
Engineers: Jiajian Zhang, Keyin Wu, Kyungseo Cho, Shuyue Wang, Yuan Suo
Production Designer: Eileen Goddard
Production Assistant: Dominique Swift
Costume Designers: Quenette Brooks and Sophie Leininger
Editor: Devin Smith