Contributor Biographies

Introduction: Hilary Bergen, Eric Mullis, Benny Simon, Sydney Skybetter

Part One: Histories

Chapter 1: Bolshevist Fantasies and Soviet Realities: Constructivist Ideology and Sergei Prokofiev’s Le Pas d’acier. Andrew Grossman

Chapter 2: Ogmios Z42 Across Reality and Fiction: The Birth of Robot Characters.
Marina Hanganu

Chapter 3: Robot Action Spectacular!: Risk, Assemblage, and Stuntronics in the Theme Park Stunt Show. Chip Limeburner

Part Two: Close Encounters

Chapter 4: Tender Robotics: A Framework for Meaning-Making through Emotional Investment. Ilya Vidrin

Chapter 5: Seat at the Table: A Conversation with Sydney Skybetter. Jessica Rajko

Chapter 6: Machinic Expressivity: Performative Encounters with Proto-AI in the Work of
Nell Tenhaaf and Norman White. Treva Legassie

Part Three: Processes and Processing

Chapter 7: I Am Not Just One Person: An Interview with Huang Yi.
Eric Mullis and Sydney Skybetter

Chapter 8: Together//Apart: Explorations in Choreorobotic Performance Ontologies.
Patrick Martin and Kate Sicchio

Chapter 9: No Time to Dance: An Interview with Joy Davis.
Jessica Rajko

Chapter 10: Exploring the Interplay of Swarm Robotics and Choreography to Nourish Expressivity and Construction of Meaning.
Helene Duval, Audrey Rochette, Genevieve Dussault, and David St-Onge

Chapter 11: Computing Connections: An Interview with Thomas F. DeFrantz.
Eric Mullis

Part Four: Agencies

Chapter 12: How Should I Move with You, Robot?
Eric Mullis

Chapter 13: Improper Bodies: Robots, Prosthetics, and Disability in Contemporary Performance.
Marco Donnarumma and Elizabeth Jochum

Chapter 14: Dancing with Machines: A New Materialist Dramaturgy for More-than-Human Encounters.
Petra Gemeinboeck


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