Carlos Acosta has seen the future of dance, and it’s digital… or at least partly. Sitting in a meeting room at Sadler’s Wells, one of the biggest names in the ballet world – now director of Birmingham Royal Ballet – is telling me he believes that technology can move the art form forward in the 21st century.
BRB is bringing a new triple bill called Into the Music to Sadler’s Wells this week, the second part of which – a new commission called Hotel – “is pushing the boundaries” using cameras on stage among the dancers to project live images onto the scenery behind in real time.
