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Dr. Ilya Vidrin is an Assistant Professor of Creative Practice Research at Northeastern University’s College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD), with affiliations at the Institute for Experiential Robotics, Institute for Experiential A.I., and Harvard University’s MetaLab. He holds a Ph.D. in Performing Arts from Coventry University, an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard, and a B.S. in Cognitive Neuroscience and Rhetorical Theory from Northeastern. His work bridges ethics, social epistemology, performance philosophy, dance studies, and cognitive psychology, with a focus on embodied ethics and human-machine collaboration.
Research Trends include ethical frameworks in partnering, AI-generated choreography, and assistive robotics. His publications analyze how graph neural networks reveal dancer interactions, explore care ethics in movement, and interrogate trust dynamics through robotics and dance.
Scientific Awards include Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” (2022), the Derek Bok Fellowship (Harvard), and multiple Live Arts Boston Grantees (2018–2024). He also received the Byron Fellowship and Erasmus Fellowships (Bern and Berlin).
Teaching encompasses courses like THE Eloquent Presenter, Ethics in Creativity, and Contemporary Dance Lab, emphasizing ethics of care and dialogic critical thinking. Collaborations span institutions such as Jacob’s Pillow, New Museum (NYC), and Boston Ballet, with recent projects involving pressure sensors and biofeedback technology.
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