VR Dance 2021

The global pandemic has imposed upon all of us a new reality. In response, this past June MASH hosted our very first Virtual Reality Dance Festival – presenting dance works, filmed using 360° technology that were viewed through VR headsets, providing an interactive performance-viewing experience. Over the past several months, we have been working with our team to create a version of the VR experience that will be accessible not only to local audiences, but to anyone across the globe.

On Thursday, October 14th we invite international dance house and festival managers to an online event that we are hosting, in partnership with the Cultural Diplomacy Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which we will launch a new platform for internationally presenting Israeli dance works in an exciting, interactive, immersive, and innovative manner – VIRTUAL REALITY. During the event, we will offer a taste of our work-in-process project – a VRDance experience – using VR headsets, sent to the homes of those who register prior to the event. 

Following this event, we plan to continue to share with our international partners the growing archive of Israeli VR dance and to seek new ways to virtually collaborate, internationally.