Volt[age] - an immersive ballet

Volt[age] - an immersive ballet

Technology meets human, code meets movement.

Technology meets human, code meets movement.

Volt[age] breaks with traditional ballet conventions and uses state-of-the-art technology to create an interactive dance performance. Motion tracking, 3D sensors and digital projections are used to link the dancers’ movements with visual elements in real time. A symbiosis is created - sometimes as a harmonious connection, sometimes as a tense interplay between body and algorithm.

The ballet unfolds in five acts and tells of the interaction between human and machine. Technology awakens - first as a tool for humans. It learns, grows and challenges human control. A power struggle begins until humanity makes the decision to switch it off.

But the question remains: can we live without it, or has it long since become a part of us?

Musically, the piece combines neo-classical orchestral composition with generative electronic music, creating an acoustic arc of suspense between what is human driven and what is machine generated.

In the unique setting of an immersive room, the ballet unfolds as a visually and acoustically intense experience that combines dance and technology in a new form, breaking new ground and bringing immersive formats to life in the ballet world, merging classical art with multimedia technologies, music and storytelling.

Selected Medias

Act 1 - Birth

Act 2 - Pulse of Life

Act 3 – Rebellion

Act 4 – Darkness

Act 5 – Consequences

Credits & technical data

Concept, visuals, music, art direction

Nicolas Landrieux / exhausted-lab


Production

Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig


Dance company

Musikalische Komödie, Oper Leipzig


Choreography

Mirko Mahr, 

Sara Brandão, 

Lolita Valau


Photography

Ida Zenna


VIDEOGRAPHY



Federico Lanzini, 

Paulo Cunha Martins

Concept, visuals, music, art direction

Nicolas Landrieux / exhausted-lab


Production

Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig


Dance company

Musikalische Komödie, Oper Leipzig


Choreography

Mirko Mahr, 

Sara Brandão, 

Lolita Valau


Photography

Ida Zenna


VIDEOGRAPHY



Federico Lanzini, 

Paulo Cunha Martins

Past dates

11 May 2025

26 May 2025

15 June 2025

12 May 2025

27 May 2025

16 June 2025

Technique

3d sensors

Orbbec Femto Mega

Point cloud + Video capture

Resolution

15.056 x 1.980 px


Sound

6.1 / Full range


Softwares

Touchdesigner

Processing

After Effects

Watchout

Numbers

Shows

12

Seats

3.000 (12 x 250 seats)

Sales

12 shows sold out


Info

Volt[age] is a flexible immersive concept. It can be played and adapted as a full 360° experience but as a single backdrop classical stage scene as well.

Contact

Nicolas Landrieux / Exhausted-Lab is a French visual artist and sound designer who fuses opposites into a unique artistic expression. Despite a congenital muscle disease, he refused to be defined by external boundaries, instead, he has made it his creative principle to unite contradictions and create new forms of expression. At the intersection of music, film, dance and digital art, he creates experiences that challenge expectations.

nico@exhausted-lab.com

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Volt[age] is a flexible immersive concept. It can be played and adapted as a full 360° experience but as a single backdrop classical stage scene as well.

Contact

Nicolas Landrieux / Exhausted-Lab is a French visual artist and sound designer who fuses opposites into a unique artistic expression. Despite a congenital muscle disease, he refused to be defined by external boundaries, instead, he has made it his creative principle to unite contradictions and create new forms of expression. At the intersection of music, film, dance and digital art, he creates experiences that challenge expectations.

nico@exhausted-lab.com

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Volt[age] is a flexible immersive concept. It can be played and adapted as a full 360° experience but as a single backdrop classical stage scene as well.

Contact

Nicolas Landrieux / Exhausted-Lab is a French visual artist and sound designer who fuses opposites into a unique artistic expression. Despite a congenital muscle disease, he refused to be defined by external boundaries, instead, he has made it his creative principle to unite contradictions and create new forms of expression. At the intersection of music, film, dance and digital art, he creates experiences that challenge expectations.

nico@exhausted-lab.com

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