Masterclass Program in Dance and Technology New Models for Hybrid Artistic Creation, Production and Distribution
Experience the development of a techno-artistic stage work—from initial concept to hybrid dissemination—while integrating the realities of production, funding, and digital monetization.
This masterclass offers a complete immersion and a comprehensive toolkit covering the processes of concept development, prototyping, production, and hybrid distribution for stage works that integrate digital environments.
Over three intensive days, you will explore, among other things:
- Techno-artistic creation: relationships between movement and media, digital stage devices and systems, research-creation methodologies.
- Prototyping: technical specifications and concept design, interaction testing, software and hardware, technological residencies and experimentation.
- Hybrid production and funding: current strategies for hybrid works, resilient economic models, partnerships and professional networks.
- Telepresence and hybrid dissemination: specialized tools such as Isadora and IzzyCast, teleperformance practices, digital distribution and monetization strategies for artworks.
Why register?
- A unique training opportunity designed for artists and creators who want to integrate emerging technologies into their professional practice.
- A program developed by STUDIO SIT experts, specialists in techno-artistic creation and innovative forms of distribution.
- A rare opportunity to gain a complete toolbox, from research-creation to digital monetization.
Who is this masterclass for?
Artists, choreographers, digital designers, and performing arts professionals who wish to develop a techno-artistic project—from concept to hybrid dissemination—while addressing production, funding, and digital monetization realities.
Trainers
Nicolas Berzi, Ph. D.
Co-founder, co-director, and administrator of STUDIO SITTheatrical creator, technologist, and co-founder of Studio Sit
Nicolas Berzi is an author, director, producer, and Ph.D. in transdisciplinarity and new stage technologies. He initiates, directs, and supports projects and productions in stage creation, technological innovation, and cultural development. He serves as an artistic director, designer, advisor, trainer, consultant, and speaker for arts companies, university research groups, and cultural organizations. His approach is grounded in a unique multidisciplinary background, both in Quebec and internationally. In 2021, he co-founded Studio Sit with Armando Menicacci, a non-profit support organization dedicated to supporting the arts community by democratizing access to the latest technological resources.
Armando Menicacci
Co-founder, co-director, and head of R&D at STUDIO SIT
Armando Menicacci is a professor, digital artist, and filmmaker specializing in the relationships between the performing arts and technology. After studying dance and music, he completed a Master’s degree in musicology at Sapienza University of Rome and a PhD at Université Paris 8 on the links between contemporary dance and digital technologies. He founded the Médiadanse Laboratory and later contributed to the development of the Dance and Technology program at UQAM, as well as the Laboratoire Arts Vivants Interdisciplinaires (LAVI). In 2021, he co-founded STUDIO SIT Scènes Interactives Technologiques.
About STUDIO SIT
Founded in 2021 by Armando Menicacci and Nicolas Berzi, STUDIO SIT Scènes Interactives Technologiques is a non-profit organization dedicated to research and technological development in the performing arts. The organization supports the creation, production, and distribution of projects integrating advanced audiovisual and digital systems. Its mission is to make these technologies more accessible and facilitate their integration into artistic practices. Bringing together dance, theatre, computing, and interdisciplinary approaches, STUDIO SIT Scènes Interactives Technologiques develops interactive, hybrid, telepresent, filmed, and web-broadcast stage systems, while also supporting knowledge transfer through training and mentorship activities.
Questions?
Contact Flavio Cardellicchio
Director of Digital Transformation – Strategic Partnerships
514 849-4003, ext. 226
adn@quebecdanse.org
This training program, designed by STUDIO SIT — Scènes interactives technologiques in collaboration with the RQD, is made possible in part thanks to financial support from the Government of Québec, through Compétence Culture’s Intervention-Compétences program.
