The project Share M3: Media, Music, Movement was implemented in the spring of 2015 in Sofia. The initiative was supported by Innovation in Culture Fund of Sofia Development Association (2014). The aim of the project was to explore new trends in art related to the use of new information and communication technologies. In the period 2-7 February 2015, an art atelier, called Digital Arts, was held at Derida Dance Centre. The interactive artists, Albena Baeva and Stefan Donchev, trained young dancers and musicians and prepared the software for using the Kinect sensor.
In April 2015, two events were realised, which brought together young artists from different fields. The events covered live music, dance and an interactive wall using Microsoft’s Kinect sensor. Albena Baeva spoke about Interactive Dance and Kinect at Derida Dance Centre on 18 April. She presented the opportunities and constraints that the technology has as an instrument for art installations and performances. The sensor allows for innovative applications that respond to movements and gestures and is widely applicable for theatre and dance interactions. Studying and experimenting with it allows you to think of a new way of creative expression in the development of ideas. The interaction between dance and Kinect creates a natural communication between real and virtual reality. The sensor captures the movement of the human body in real time, and visual artists use this information and recreate it in a variety of shapes and colours. The result of the art atelier was also presented as a demonstration, named Alter Ego, performed by the dancer Aleksandar Minov.
The final event was held at the yard of Sofia University on 8 May 2015. In search of new forms of cultural expression, a demonstration took place in which opera singing and electronic music intertwined and synchronised with the Kinect sensor. The audience listened and saw the aria of Zornitsa from the opera “Crazy Guide” by Parashkev Hadjiev, “Moonlight Le Grail” by Dimitar Petkov, “Porgi amor” from the opera “The Wedding of Figaro” by Mozart and others. Besides the interactive artists, Albena Baeva and Stefan Donchev, the guest artists were Magdalena Kirilova – young opera singer and Kalina Madzharova (Kaly Mad J) – electronic music DJ.