Brandon Powers
Brandon Powers is a creative director + choreographer who creates experiences across physical and virtual space. His work focuses on capturing liveness in the digital, building interdisciplinary communities, and shifting culture towards a more embodied future. To achieve the latter, Brandon used his knowledge as a movement practitioner to devise Embodiment Design, a methodology for designing more human-centered XR experiences. His key projects include VR saga Queerskins: ARK (Venice International Film Festival), for which he created interactive choreography, and Frankenstein AI (Sundance Film Festival), an AI-powered immersive installation. On TikTok, Brandon has built a community of over 50,000, sharing his process and tips for becoming a creative professional. Brandon is also an associate producer at Musical Theatre Factory, where he launched MTFxR, a program supporting XR musicals. He has spoken on the intersection of arts and technology at Creative Tech Week, the TCG National Conference, Verizon's 5G Lab, and Lincoln Center.