Who do you think i am?

Experience Who Do You Think I Am? — Nua Dance's interactive acro-dance performance for public spaces, combining live performance and augmented reality to encounter different perspectives on migration, identity and belonging.
Using your phone, you'll discover Juan's story and learn how he came to the UK. As the story unfolds, the choices you make will influence your experience and challenge the way you see the person in front of you.

Created by two immigrants living in the UK (Mexican and Spanish), the piece draws on lived experiences of being perceived through an accent, nationality or immigration status before being seen as an individual.

At a time when conversations around migration and belonging are more important than ever, Who Do You Think I Am? invites us to pause, question our assumptions, and reflect on how quickly we form opinions about others.
Photography: Henry Curtis
​Performances
  • 20 June, 12:20pm — Gloucester, Llanthony Secunda Priory, as part of THREADS Festival. Not ticketed
  • 20 June, 4pm — London, Woolwich Works, as part of THERE and HERE - A Celebration, presented by Luca Silvestrini’s Protein and Royal Borough of Greenwich. Free but booking required. Get tickets here
  • 3 & 4 July, various times — Walsall Arboretum, as part of WOW!Fest. Free but booking required. Get tickets here
  • 11 September 7:30pm — Cardiff Culturvr Lab, as part of Catalyst 360, presented by Richard Chappell Dance. Get tickets here​

​Credits
Choreographer: Neus Gil Cortes
Performed and devised by: Tomas Briones Rojas
Interaction designer: Ben Glover
Interaction developer: Jo Portus
Operators: Rachel Sampley, Virginie Taylor
Creative/technical consultant: Office of Everyone
Music and sound designer: Juan Carlos Briones Aguirre
Cumbia teacher: Alex Valdés/ Cumbia En La Sangre
Producer: Treacle Holasz
Social media content creator: Persia Samadi 
Post performance conversation facilitated by Ella Alemayehu-Lambert

​Running Time
Performance 15 minutes
Conversation 20 minutes 


Format Public space | Outdoor & unconventional spaces | Interactive | Augmented Reality
Audience comments
I really enjoyed the piece and it really moved me.
I think having that experience mediated through your phone and seeing the volume of questions and assumptions coming from audience members had this kind of overwhelming feeling for me, and that made me quite emotional, to think how often immigrants, refugees, people of colour really are bombarded with those questions.
So I found it really moving, and I think the way the interaction uses the technology was really powerful. Tomas’ performance was brilliant.
Ella Alemayehu-Lambert
Such an inspiring and thought provoking performance, and the chance to have a conversation afterwards and connect with the themes of the dance was incredible. Thanks
Jokers Flight
A real highlight [of the Refugee Picnic] was the powerful performance of Nua Dance, inviting us to reflect on the journeys and experiences of people seeking sanctuary in the UK.
​Gloucester Victim Support
I think the use of technology and the movement opens up access to a wide range of people and sparks a conversation and understanding for all of recognising stereotypes and bias and moving away from thinking like that
School performance audience
It was an amazing interactive experience like no other performance I've seen
School performance audience
Nua Dance presents Who Do You Think I Am with the support of:
​Arts Council England, Gloucester Guildhall, National Centre for Circus Arts and The Place