On September 25th 2025, Dramaturgy for Devices organized a workshop on dance knowledge. The participants included choreographers, roboticists, dramaturges, and performance scholars, each of whom brought their own distinct understanding of and relation to dance. Four choreographers/researchers were invited to share their view of what dance knowledge entails. The aim of the workshop was to…

VU Lecture by Laura Karreman and Ulrike Quade On December 1st, 2025, Dr. Laura Karreman—Associate Professor in Media and Performance Studies at Utrecht University (UU)—and Ulrike Quade—theater director, artistic researcher, puppeteer, and scenographer—gave a lecture at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) titled The Dramaturgy of Robots on Stage. The lecture was presented in the context

Designing Human-Robot Encounters for the CTRL + ALT + PLAY event From November 28 to November 30, 2024, researchers of the Dramaturgy for Devices project gathered in Utrecht for a second joint workshop to experiment with human-robot interactions. This time, we explored designing with and for encounters using the Rober robot – a table-like serving

Exploring the Relational and Performative Potential of Smart Materials On September 26, 2024, I attended the workshop “Expressive Mechanisms: From Petri-dish to Performativity” which took place at the Innovation:Lab at Theater Utrecht. The workshop was organised by 4TU.Design United, coordinated by Amy Winters from TU/e, and involved researchers of the Dramaturgy for Devices project to…