Breathless: Catie and the Robot

This captivating duet created by dancer/choreographer/engineer Catie Cuan and artist/researcher Ken Goldberg pairs Cuan with an industrial robot arm for a dance performance that shows appreciation for the work performed by humans every day, and contrasts the the beauty, strength, and frailty of the human body with the relentless precision of machinery.  

Breathless: Catie and the Robot was created by Catie Cuan and Ken Goldberg, and performed by Catie Cuan and a UR5e industrial robot arm. Breathless features a mix of existing music (full list of musical artists on the Breathless credits website) and original compositions by Peter Van Straten. Ethan Qui and Shreya Ganti are the robotics engineers and the robot motion consultants. David Imani is production coordinator and the work was originally curated by Elena Park.