I am a Professor at the Creative Computing Institute at the University of the Arts London, working at the intersection of Human–Computer Interaction and Dance. I am also a choreographer, dancer, and Laban Movement Analyst, moving between studio, stage, and research lab as spaces of inquiry.
Before joining UAL, I was an Associate Professor at LISN, Université Paris-Saclay, and part of the Ex)situ INRIA research team. I previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Interactive Arts + Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, within the SSHRC MovingStories project.
I hold a PhD in Human–Computer Interaction and Art & Science from Université Paris-Sud 11, conducted at IRCAM–Centre Pompidou and LIMSI-CNRS. I also hold an MSc from Université Joseph Fourier and an Engineering degree from ENSIMAG in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. Alongside this academic path, I have over 30 years of training in ballet, contemporary dance, and somatic practices.
I am interested in intertwining bodies and systems, and my work integrates computation into embodied creative practices and choreography. I initiate artistic research projects with dancers, choreographers, and technologists, creating interactive performances and developing interactive and generative systems that explore new ways of composing, learning, documenting, and archiving movement in dance. I approach technology as scaffolding that supports or defamiliarizes moving bodies and allows embodied creativity to unfold.
contact: s.fdilialaoui[at]arts.ac.uk