[FREE ADMISSION] Rite of Qūralai is the result of a collaboration between sound artist and composer Lovozero, Almaty-based choreographer and head of the Jolda dance group Zhanna Tulendy, and Nurbäk Batulla — a choreographer and dance artist from Kazan, a laureate of theatre awards who works with the Tatar language and Turkic culture. Their performance, situated at the intersection of experimental sound, technological art, and contemporary choreography, was developed during last year’s experimental dance laboratory at Tselinny, where participants were selected through an open call. Bringing together spatial sound, real-time signal-processing algorithms that blur the boundaries between the human voice and synthesized electronic sound, and movement that actively shapes the overall sonic texture, the work will premiere on May 16.