Created for those aged three and above, Butterflies  was one of a series of works made for Company TPO’s Children’s Cheering Carpet, a touch-sensitive carpet that conjures images and sound to build a virtual landscape for performers and audience.

Dancers, performers and the audience share the stage finding a common ground of enjoyment beyond cultural and language barriers.

TPO developed their technology so that motion capture sensors enable images to be triggered by breath and light. Audiences can virtually paint with their hands, compose lullabies with their feet, chase caterpillars on all fours, and immerse themselves in a theatrical experience for all the senses.

Butterflies toured the UK in May, June and July 2009 at these venues Purcell Room Southbank Centre, University of Hertfordshire, the Civic in Barnsley, Exeter Phoenix, the egg Theatre Royal Bath, Scotland’s macrobert Arts Centre and Eden Court and London’s Chat’s Palace.

Company TPO co-production with Teatro Metastasio Stabile della Toscana.