Techno-Logic

A moment of nostalgic indulgence: dance performances around the turn of the millennium, with a bulky CRT monitor standing in the farthest corner of the stage set. Then comes that one dramatically staged moment intended to assure us that, as a society, we have finally arrived in the age of technological primacy: a VHS tape is inserted—the image flickers—"Wow!" Today, that dynamic has shifted radically. Dance no longer merely intersects with the digital realm at specific points; instead, it circulates continuously through feeds, loops, and stories. It leaves the stage—without abandoning it entirely—to be transformed, extended, and reframed within digital spaces. When, for instance, dancer and social media influencer Jaeden Gomez picks up, alters, and elaborates on the choreography from pop ...