Dr. Catie Cuan received a PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford in “choreorobotics,” the study of dancerly practice and robotic motion­ planning.

Dance artists are increasingly inspired by the generative potential of AI, whether as a choreographic tool, a topic to probe onstage, or an entryway into the broader intersection of dance and technology.

There’s a good chance you’ve seen the YouTube video where a doglike robot named Spot dances to a cover of “Uptown Funk.” Spot does a variation on the running man (the running dog?), twerks and sashays. Equally adorable and uncanny, it’s a fascinating piece of choreography. All the more so since it was recently announced […]