VCS original production · 2026

Metamorphosis

A film that surrounds the audience. A dancer who steps into the room.

Metamorphosis combines 360° cinema and live dance at The Dome. Beginning underwater, it follows a figure through a changing world on screen before bringing the performance into the theatre.

We produced Metamorphosis in house as original VCS intellectual property. Created, directed and choreographed by Stefanie Noll, and starring Alyssa Allen, it premiered in Vancouver on 23 October 2026.

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Metamorphosis film still: a dance composition against an orange field. — Metamorphosis · Production still. Direction and choreography: Stefanie Noll. 2026 (production)

The image workflow

From film imagery
to the dome screen.

The production combines image preparation, GPU rendering and full-scale presentation in a live venue.

Image preparation

AI upscaling and frame interpolation

We used AI upscaling and frame interpolation to prepare the imagery for the dome’s large projected surface and motion playback.

Rendering & output

NVIDIA GPU-driven dome playback

NVIDIA GPUs were used for rendering and dome-screen output. The finished imagery surrounds the audience while the live performance takes place in the same room.

Original IP

A VCS production

Metamorphosis is an in-house original production developed as company-owned IP. It gives our team a complete work to develop, present and refine, from image processing to the audience experience.

Live dome playback · 25 October 2026. Silent, eight-second excerpt from the audience recording.

At The Dome

Cinema and dance
in one room.

The projected performance and the performer share the same theatre. Metamorphosis was created for this setting, with the surrounding image forming part of the work.

The venue and its technical systems