MIAMI IMMERSIVE INTENSIVE

A Four-Day Deep Dive into the Future of Immersive Experiences.

The Miami Immersive Intensive (MII) is a four-day convening co-produced by Juggerknot Theatre Company and Live Arts Miami . The program is designed to train local and national artists in the tools, language, and methodology of immersive and site-specific experiences while fostering collaboration with industry leaders both nationally and internationally.

The intensive will feature keynote speaker and workshop leader MiKhael Tara Garver founder of Culture House Immersive and director of Disney’s groundbreaking Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience. A live-streamed session with Punchdrunk (Sleep No More) senior producer Lauren Storr exploring the craft of producing large-scale immersive experiences from Sleep No More to their latest work, Viola’s Room. Alexandra Renzo, creative director at Meow Wolf, will lead a workshop on collective creativity and immersive world-making. Other featured artists and facilitators include France Luce Benson, playwright for Miami Bus Stop Stories, Tanya Bravo, producer of Miami Motel Stories, choreographers Octavio Campos and Pioneer Winter, and the French transmedia collective Le Clair Obscur leading a workshop in Transmedia Storytelling and interactive technologies. Le Clair’s performance “Drift” (presented by FilmGate Miami at the Frost Museum of Science) is one of two featured immersive outings for participants. The program will close with a keynote by Natasha Tsakos, who is pioneering live performance in microgravity environments.