Aoi (Japanese) is a performer and Co-Artistic Director of AΦE, who started her career in 2006, dancing in state theatres in Saarbruecken and Wiesbaden, Germany danced in a number of choreographers’ work including Marguerite Donlon, Stefan Thoss, Rafael Bonachela, Medhi Walerski and went on to dance with established companies such as Jasmin Vardimon Company and Punchdrunk. She is an award-winning choreographer with her work Ototoxic (2008) which was awarded first prize at the international choreography competition at Aarhus. She started her collaboration with dance artist Esteban Lecoq (French) in 2013, and founded AΦE in 2016. Aoi has been producing and curating alongside artistically directing the company work. AΦE is an XR dance company, as trailblazers in this area they were the UK's first dance company to tour Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) productions internationally. They explore and develop unique experiences while incorporating cutting-edge technology into their performances. Through their past and current productions, they have successfully toured to 20 countries, over 80 venues and engaged with over 21,000 live audiences and participants worldwide. In 2021 they became associate artists of Institute of Cultural and Creative Industries – University of Kent (iCCi) and launched A+E Lab, engaging 51,000 participants and live audiences for their local activities in Kent.

Their latest creation currently on tour, LILITH.AEON, is an interactive experience, blending extended reality (XR), dance, and artificial intelligence (AI). Drawing its source from the experience of personal bereavements and inspired by the true story of the youngest person cryogenized, the immersive and interactive installation LILITH.AEON questions the future of humanity in the era of transhumanism and artificial intelligence.

The installation, a monumental LED cube, retraces the life cycle of Lilith, a virtual being, a digital and poetic reincarnation, a soul suspended between death and future awakening. The work comes alive through the interaction between the audience and the AI, creating an unprecedented performative ballet where human and machine dance together. Thanks to an evolving real-time narrative, LILITH.AEON explores our new relationships with technology, notably the prospect of transcending biological mortality, and questions what becomes of our humanity when our beings are reduced, augmented, or replaced by digital data.