Prosodia
Line up: Nicoline van Harskamp

On August 28, If I Can't Dance is hosting Nicoline van Harskamp's new performance Prosodia, part of the 2026 International Association of Word and Image Studies triennial conference Word, Image and Social Dynamics. The performance looks at the genealogy of synthetic speech and artificial language through the lens of acting and story-telling. The performance will be staged twice at 18:00 and 20:30.

[ID: A dark theatre space viewed from the top of the audience riser. In the centre of the space, a spotlight is set on five bare stage parts. An actress in a short blue dress, and braided hair stands on the left, looking over her shoulder. An actress in a short white dress sits on the edge of the stage, her legs  dangling above the theatre floor, looking down. She holds a computer mouse in her hand. Opposite the actresses, in the bottom right of the image, a woman in a traditional white vest, seated on a wooden café-style chair, looks down at her instrument as she plays the lyra and bow]