Convivint amb robots: «School of Moon» (2016), de Shonen

Abstract

Contemporary theatre had redefined the concept of performance by distancing itself from the psychological identification between actor and character. The presence of new technologies and their intermedial nature have contributed to the growing protagonism of non-actors in today’s theatre and dance. Robots are an example of this. Robots displace the traditional role of the human actor as the only bearer of meaning on stage through programming and their intermedial potential. In this article, we will focus on School of Moon (2016), by the French company Shonen, in which six NAO humanoid robots, ten boys and girls, and two adult dancers coexist and interact until making up a “disturbing community” on stage.