Those Before Us is an audio-immersive XR dance experience designed for public spaces. Audience participants explore historic locations through audio-narration, with the freedom and autonomy to switch between distinct narratives across different time periods. They encounter dancers who embody these intimate narrations in and around each location, bringing the experience to life as it is being told.
Photos by Mike Esperanza
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Cast
Writers - Jesse Carrey (1637), Stephen Carrey-Chan (1964), Kimberly Dodson (1917), Alex Spieth (1878), Katya Stepanov (Meta-Narrative)
Dancers - Daan Bootsma (1637), Mallory Galarza (1878), Kerime Konur (1964), Ashton Muniz (1917)
Meta-Narrative Voiceover Actors- Vincent Lidie (Maya), Katya Stepanov (Host)
Micro-Narrative Voiceover Actors - Jesse Carrey (1637), Zach Fifer (1964), Ashton Muniz (1917), Grace Rao (1878)
Creative
Director - Jesse Carrey
Executive Production - Rebis
Lead Experience Designer - Katya Stepanov
Lead Writer - Stephen Carrey-Chan
Producer - Becca Barrett
Co-Marketing Directors - Michaela Holland and Karena Phan
PR Director - Toro Adeyemi
PR Assistant - Madga Cychowski
Brand Designer - Queenie Wu
Unity Developer - Daniel King
Sound Designer - Alex Ryaboy
Costume Designer - Olivia Hearn
Photographer - Mike Esperanza
Videographer - Corey Hess
Front of House - Nick Lambrakis, Maya Singer
Music
Ravel: Miroirs, M. 43: III. Une barque sur l'ocean - Maruice Ravel, Bertrand Chamayou
DNA - Akira Kosemura
Der Fluyten Lust-Hof: 130. Lavolette - Jacob van Eyck, Lucie Horsch
Variaties over Psalm 33 - Jacob van Eyck, Camerata Trajectina
In the Pines - Loretta Lynn
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - The Mills Brothers, Louis Armstrong
I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier - Morton Harvey
I Ain't Got Nobody - Louis Armstrong
A Summer Song - Chad & Jeremy
I Wish I Knew How it would Feel to be Free - Nina Simone
Nature Flute: Calling To the Forest - Tribe: Native American Drums and Flute Music
Tribal Drums - Tribe: Native American Drums and Flute Music