From 15 July to 24 July 2026, Yurika Sophie Yamamoto and Dan Xu will be at ICST for their Dance and Generative AI Residency.
Yurika Sophie Yamamoto is a Japanese-German dance maker and performer currently based in Berlin. In her artistic work, she is interested in intersectional approaches and moves as a performance artist between visual arts, music, and technology. Her work explores identity in relation to her multicultural background and examines the stereotypes embedded in her upbringing and socio-cultural environment. She scrutinizes stigmatized figures through their codes of gesture, movement, and use of voice.
In parallel, as a motion-capture dancer and 3D scan model, she engages with questions of body politics in relation to virtual spaces, reproducing and deconstructing given structures while seeking to empower the performer. In her movement practice, she embodies sensations of hiding and revealing, drawing inspiration and strength from nature, embracing disruption, and articulating space and time. Further information can be found on her website.