Valencia James

Performing Artist, Researcher with keen interest in how emerging technologies can enhance creativity.

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

Overjoyed to announce that we’re presenting Suga’ at @sundancefest in the #NewFrontier section. Our work will be accessible from around the world with an EXPLORER PASS. Join us Jan. 20-30. Ticket packages on sale 12/17 at https://t.co/JeQuNPEXg1.

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@brendanAbradley @screamingcolor @Ferryman_VR Congratulations!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@MattBCool Wow!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@brendanAbradley @MozillaHubs @MattBCool @elginskye Well deserved. Congratulations!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@MozillaHubs @ARealityEvent @RupertRawnsley @ConorWoodard @sagefreeman @cris_k_b Congratulations!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@prettydarke Congratulations!!🍾🎊🎉

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@ActiveReplica @mozillafestival Thank you for including me in this fantastic project 💗 Congratulations to everyone who made this happen !

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@gillesjobin1 *suis

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@gillesjobin1 Je suits desolé Gilles 🕯

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

Ukrainians are waking up to a full on invasion right now.

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@b_cavello @schock @RonWyden @AspenInstitute Congratulations B!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

It’s so nice to see Suga’ and #Cosmogony by @CieGillesJobin featured in @Dance_Magazine’s coverage of #Sundance Film Festival.

[Dance Magazine @Dance_Magazine]

This year, at the Sundance Film Festival, there were three opportunities for those who are both film and dance fans to indulge the two passions simultaneously.

https://t.co/tHvsYYW6gn

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@prettydarke Sending love. You will get through this 💗

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@gillesjobin1 The situation in Florida is just horrendous and Governor DeSantis is the worst. First banning mask requirements now the gaslighting and outlawing efforts for a more equitable future. Such a shame. 🤦🏿‍♀️

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

My heart is full! What an amazing experience at #Sundance Film Festival. We got to speak with pioneering VR journalist, @kentbye about #VolumetricPerformance Toolbox and Suga’. Check out the podcast 👇🏿

[Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye]

I interviewed @valjamdance, @westert, & @simonboas on how the low-cost, Volumetric Performance Toolbox and SUGA' LIVE VIRTUAL DANCE PERFORMANCE about the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the Caribbean co-evolved out of an @EyeBeamNYC Rapid Response Residency:
https://t.co/WvLpkMoe0c

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@gillesjobin1 @kentbye @westert @simonboas @eyebeamnyc I agree Gilles. Personally I’m looking forward to more experimentation and cross-pollination that my dance instincts can bring to XR and film. Hopefully more dancers and choreographers find these fields as avenues for creation.

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@kentbye @westert @simonboas @eyebeamnyc Thank you so much Kent! It was very nice to speak with you about our project!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

What an amazing run we have had of Suga' so far at #Sundance Film Festival! 2 live performances left tomorrow Jan. 27th at 6pm & 7:30pm MST!

[Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye]

5/ SUGA’ - A LIVE VIRTUAL DANCE PERFORMANCE takes you on a guided tour of the Transatlantic Slave Trade & sugar industry in the Caribbean through point-cloud worlds in @MozillaHubs & #WebXR, using the Volumetric Performance Toolbox to tell the story of resistance through dance.

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

#Sundance Film Festival has started today and Suga’ opens tomorrow! Two shows daily Jan. 21, 22, 27. Accessible worldwide with an Explorer Pass 💫 Join us in our remembrance and tribute to those who suffered in the TransAtlantic Slave Trade. https://t.co/jcO9JpNscw

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

@gillesjobin1 Many thanks to my amazing collaborators
@simonboas, @westert, @thnewlands, Marin Vesely, Sandrine Malary, Terri Ayanna Wright and Carlos Johns-Davila, and to @eyebeamnyc and @creativeinquiry
for your generous support in making this dream a reality!

[Valencia James @valjamdance]

Suga’ opens at #Sundance Film Festival next week! Sad no in-person events this year but ready to meet you online, Jan. 21, 22 & 27. Two dance pieces in #NewFrontier program 💖 @gillesjobin1
https://t.co/jcO9JpNscw
https://t.co/uO2iOgJAc8