Live Performance 360

the intersection of live performance and immersive technology

An ongoing project that explores how performing artists, presenters and producers are creating and working with XR.

LivePerformance360 is Boca del Lupo’s presentation series curated by Sherry J Yoon, Artistic Director.

LP360 2023 opened with The Performance Corporation’s Emperor 101 in April. This ground-breaking production is at the cutting edge of an emerging crossover between theatre and Virtual Reality. In May, was this year’s VR Salon showcasing Goliath (by Barry G. Murphy & May Abdalla) and The Man Who Couldn’t Leave (by Singing Chen). In June, it premiered Reconciling by Yvette Nolan along side the return of last year’s hit, Pochsy at the Airport Hotel.

LP360 was launched in February 2022 with Swimming Home, an immersive auto-teatro piece by Silvia Mercuriali where audience participated from their own bathrooms, followed by a double bill of The Magic Hour 360 produced by Electric Company Theatre and The Only Animal and Pochsy at the Airport Hotel created by Karen Hines. The third iteration was VR Salon, two suites of works from creators from all over the globe curated to stimulate the audience’s imagination of what is possible in VR. The final presentation of the inaugural series was Underwater Archeologist, imagined and created by Sherry J Yoon and Jay Dodge, presented by Vancouver International Children’s Festival.

LivePerformance360 also has an industry facing initiative that includes archiving performance for touring companies, interested presenters and invested academics.

Finally, LivePerformance360 contemplates the use of immersive technology as a tool for accessibility aimed at audiences in isolated communities and individuals with mobility issues that prevent them from attending a performance in person.

In addition to the online digital experience of LivePerformance360, we’ve set up the Fishbowl as an education and demonstration centre on Granville Island.

Curator

Sherry J. Yoon, Artistic Director of Boca del Lupo, is a theatre creator and director with a passion for creating new performances through collaborative pursuits. With Boca del Lupo, Sherry has co-created more than 35 productions, including: Fall Away Home, an intergenerational site-specific production in the forest of Stanley Park; Photog, a large-scale show that toured across Canada and was created with interviews from prominent conflict photographers; and You Are It, as part of the Silver commissions from the Arts Club Theatre that investigates the complex dynamics between female friendships. During Sherry’s tenure, the company has received numerous awards, including the Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award, and Jessie Awards for Outstanding Production, Design, Actor, Ensemble, as well as the Critic’s Choice Innovation Award. Her productions have toured festivals and venues across Canada, Europe and Mexico.  She co-created an online exhibition of Expedition, an iterative collaboration between Boca del Lupo and the Performance Corporation, and working on Net Zero, an interactive theatre installation about climate change that involves the audience charging a battery with a stationary bicycle. She is also a freelance director who has worked at the Richmond Gateway Theatre, Bard on the Beach, the Vancouver International Children’s Festival and at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa Canada.

Sherry J Yoon

LivePerformance360 2023

LivePerformance360 2022

Support for LivePerformance360 comes from DigiBC, Stir, the Government of Canada, and CMHC Granville Island.

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