Fabien Prioville graduated at the Centre national de danse contemporaine (Cndc) in Angers. He had worked with Édouard Lock and his company La La La Human Steps in Montreal, before joining Philippe Blanchard in Stockholm. In 1999, he became a member of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, appearing in the repertoire, for instance, in Café Müller. He also performed in films, for instance, in Pedro Almodovar’s Talk to Her (2002), and Wim Wender’s Pina (2011). Since 2006, he has been working as a freelance dancer and choreographer, and has collaborated with names, such as Josef Nadj, Davis Freeman, Louise Lecavalier, Shutaro Oku, Hauschka, Tetro+A, Chris Cutler, or Michiel van Erp. In 2010, he founded his own dance company, and became a member of the iDAS NRW dance network. Since, he has created more than one production per year, and performed most of his work at Tanzhaus NRW in Düsseldorf. From virtual reality and modern technologies to exploring deeply personal and emotional fabric in all of us, the company’s work spans various mediums. Large-sized festivals, such as Lyon Dance Biennial, and Festival Tokyo, or Open Look St. Petersburg, as well as Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, have collaborated with the company in developing on-site VR dance films for venues and festivals.
Dancing Audience 360 is an immersive dance experience that pushes the boundaries between reality and virtuality through the medium of VR dance films. Immersion in the virtual space through a head-mounted display allows audiences to (p)ogle virtual, recorded choreography, while simultaneously opening up the virtual (p)ogledi of the mind and body into a spontaneous, physical choreography prompted by the dancers of fabien prioville dance company. Dancing Audience 360 is a VR work within the eponymous performance, which interweaves virtual choreography and live dance.