AΦE

Active since : 2013
Company

AΦE is a dance company and associate artist of Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries – University of Kent. Our specialty consists in incorporating technology into the theatre experience to completely reinvent audience participation. Since the company's creation, we have gathered the support of some of the most prestigious venues around the world such as Sadler's Wells in London, the Sydney Festival or Chaillot Théâtre National de la Danse in Paris.

AΦE (AE) is a Medway/Kent (UK) based dance company founded by Aoi Nakamura (Japanese) and Esteban Lecoq (French). Our uniqueness lies in the use of technology to completely reinvent audience participation. We were the UK’s first dance company to tour internationally with VR and AR productions. We toured to 15 counties, 48 venues & engaged 13026 live audiences and 6473 participants. As trailblazers in our sector, we want to rethink live performances. To help us in this process, we have partnered with high end technology brands such as Epson and The Scalable Display who we are inviting into the dance world to push its boundaries. In only 5 years, we have managed to gather the support of some of the most prestigious venues around the world such as Sadler’s Wells, Chaillot Theatre National de la Danse Paris & Sydney Festival.

We also actively share our expertise. In summer 2021 we consulted on the development of Jasmin Vardimon’s Alice VR. AE Artistic Directors are currently part of Creative Estuary’s commissioning group.

AΦE has opened AΦE Creative Hub, its charitable arm in 2020. Its first event in 2021 was an outdoor interactive digital art programme called ALT*ASH and took place during lockdown in Ashford’s High Street, engaging 29,000 live audiences, & 139,000 online audiences.

AΦE became Associate Artists of the Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries (ICCI)/University of Kent and are moving into a building within the ICCI at Historic Dockyard Chatham in autumn 2021. This space is home to AE’s Creative Hub, where we will produce innovative productions and deliver creative & new technology workshops to professionals and members of the local community, especially young people, alike.

 

 

Contact
https://www.aoiesteban.com
Coulaines (72190), France
We speak French, German, English, Chinese, Japanese
Contact the team
Esteban Lecoq
Broadcasting
Update : 15/05/2024
WHIST Virtual Reality and Dance Production
0AR Dance Performance in AR for Public Spaces
0AR Dance Performance in AR for Public Spaces
REBOOT presentation - FEDORA PRIZE 2020
@LILITH.AEON GENESIS
ORPHEUS Studio Creation
A+E Lab X Choreographic Coding Lab
A+E LAB’s ALT*MED Festival presents TAPE by Numen
Lilith.Aeon x Neo Shibuya TV
A+E Lab WFS Concert
WHIST by AΦE (Photo by Paul Plews)
0AR by AΦE (AΦE)
REBOOT by AΦE (Photo by Pippa Samaya)
@lilith.aeon - Genesis by AΦE (AΦE)
A+E Lab Main studio (AΦE)
A+E Lab Main studio (AΦE)
Creative Medway Launch at A+E Lab (Alison Lewis)
AΦE (AΦE)
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Artworks

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Awards
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Programming
Chaillot Theatre National de la Danse (Paris, France) Chaillot Theatre National de la Danse (Paris, France) (France), 2023
Beyond the Frame Festival (Tokyo, Japan) Beyond the Frame Festival (Tokyo, Japan) (Japan), 2022
Macao Fringe Festival (Macao) Macao Fringe Festival (Macao) (Macao), 2022
ZED Festival (Bologna, Italy) ZED Festival (Bologna, Italy) (Italy), 2022
Chaillot Theatre National de la Danse (Paris, France) Chaillot Theatre National de la Danse (Paris, France) (France), 2021
Novembre Numerique French Institute Morocco (Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Agadir, Morocco) (Morocco), 2021
Birmingham International Dance Festival (Birmingham, UK) Birmingham International Dance Festival (Birmingham, UK) (United Kingdom), 2020
LAVAL VIRTUAL LAVAL VIRTUAL (France), 2020
Red Brick Warehouse (Yokohama, Japan) Red Brick Warehouse (Yokohama, Japan) (Japan), 2020
Stereolux (Nantes, FR) Stereolux (Nantes, FR) (France), 2019
VRHAM! (Hambourg, Allemagne) - International Premiere VRHAM! (Hambourg, Allemagne) - International Premiere (Germany), 2019
George Town Festival (George Town, Malaysia) George Town Festival (George Town, Malaysia) (Malaysia), 2018
Lyon Dance Biennale Lyon Dance Biennale (France), 2018
Première Mondiale Sadler’s Wells Theatre (Londres, UK) (United Kingdom), 2018
Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London, UK) Sadler’s Wells Theatre (London, UK) (United Kingdom), 2018
Sydney Festival (Sydney, Australia) Sydney Festival (Sydney, Australia) (Australia), 2018
Tanzfestival Rhein-Main (Darmstadt and Wiesbaden) Tanzfestival Rhein-Main (Darmstadt and Wiesbaden) (Germany), 2018
CPH:DOX (Copenhagen, Denmark) CPH:DOX (Copenhagen, Denmark) (Denmark), 2017
Geneva International Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) Geneva International Film Festival (Geneva, Switzerland) (Switzerland), 2017
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