Bio
Diego Marín, BA, MA [he/him] is a dance researcher and performing artist whose choreographic work has been presented internationally. His research at the intersection of Dance and AI has garnered recognition from esteemed institutions, including the University of Cambridge and the National Body for Dance in the UK, where it achieved shortlisting for the ONE Dance UK Awards 2022. Furthermore, the Cultural Ministry of Mexico has acknowledged his work, providing funding for the dissemination of perspectives on human-AI creative collaboration within the cultural industries. He is the author of the book, "Encarnando lo Artificial" [Embodying the Artificial] (2024) where he published his full research on AI dance and his method of human-AI dance co-creation. The dissemination of his work takes the form of a compelling series of talks and performances featuring an AI dancer.
His PhD research focuses on the multimodal interaction in dance-music performances, with Djembedance as the axis of anthropological documentation. The study follows an Ethnochoreological approach that encompasses empirical and structural dance analysis techniques, it aims to offer an explanation of the bodily creation of rhythm in Djembedance and to conceptualize a dance notation method within XR technologies.
Academic background
- MA Choreomundus: International Master in Dance Knowledge, Practice and Heritage (NTNU, Roehampton University, Szeged University, UCA)
- MA in Theater and Performing Arts (UNIR)
- BA in Dance (UAEH)
- BA in Communication Sciences (UNLA)
OTHER POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
- Cambridge University -Centre for the Future of Intelligence- ( Visiting Student, Autumn 2022)
- Universidad Veracruzana - Diploma course in Neuroscience of well-being in the Performing Arts- (2018-2019)
- Universitat de Barcelona - Postgraduate in Cultural Policy and Management- (2016-2017)
Academic interests
Dance, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnochoreology, Posthumanism, Human-AI interaction, Choreomusicology.
Teaching
- Professor and Thesis supervisor in the MA in Theatre and Performing Arts at the Universidad Internacional de la Rioja. Teaching "Performing Arts research". (Mexico city, 2024).
- Guest lecturer at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance / University of Kent - MA in Dance Research - Teaching: "Human-AI co-creation of dance" (London, 2023).
Fellowships
- PhD Fellowship in Dance Rhythm 2023-2026 (University of Oslo / Research Council of Norway)
- Leverhulme Center for the Future of Intelligence Visiting Student Fellowship 2022 (University of Cambridge)
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree Award 2020-2022 (European Commission)
- ANUIES-TIC Academic Excellence Fellowship Award 2019 (UNIR México)
- UNLA Artistic Fellowship 2010-2014 ( Universidad Latina de América )
Awards
- One Dance UK Awards 2022 ( Shortlisted nominee ) Science and Research in Dance
- SACP Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Arts Award 2022 (Cultural Ministry of Mexico)
- Choreo Dance Film Festival Official Selection 2022
- Global Trajectory Award "Rumbo Joven" 2018 ( Mexican Youth Institute )
Media
Dance Magazine UK (ISTD, Issue 498)
Televisa N+ Mexico (Denisse Maerker, 2022)
Podcast: Embodying the artificial