Dance Theatre · Artificial Intelligence · An Experiment

ODILE

Two Intelligences. One Body.
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The Intention

A dance theatre that pushes the potential of AI across every discipline to its ultimate limit.

Not faster, louder, cheaper — but deeper, stranger, more alive.

We set the intention. The machine interprets.

Odette · Odile

Human and machine,
indistinguishable.

White and black, the mirrored swan. Both made of the same substance, both running hot. We do not ask “who does it better” — but what emerges in the interplay that no one had ever known before.

The Experiment
I

Intention over prompt

We steer by direction, not by control. An idea, an attitude, a pull — the machine finds the way. The work emerges in dialogue.

II

The same matter

Odette and Odile, human and machine, one body. “I run hot, the computer runs hot. Both made of the same substance.”

III

The blind tasting

Twice twenty minutes — one half conceived by a human, one by a machine. The audience does not know which is which. Does the magic hold?

The two who set the intention
Brigitte Breternitz
Choreography · Artistic Direction

Brigitte Breternitz

Choreographer, dancer and movement director — more than 25 years on major stages, in theatre, film and television. Cologne / Berlin.

Christopher Peterka
Strategy · Artificial Intelligence · Production

Christopher Peterka

Futurist, entrepreneur and strategist. With the think tank gannaca, working at the interface of people, organisations and machines — across 55 countries.

An Invitation

You are seeing this because we want to work with you.

ODILE is not a pitch and not a campaign, but a running experiment — and this page is proof that it is real. If you have been invited, it is because your voice, your craft or your perspective could become part of it.

Live · in development · Summer 2026
Partners & Supporters
Become a partner Three ways to help carry ODILE — no logo sponsoring, but partnership at eye level. For companies that want to show where they stand on AI and culture.
Two swans of liquid obsidian, facing each other
Partnership at eye levelTwo intelligences, one work — and partners who make it possible.

AI × culture is one of the sharpest questions of stance of our time. ODILE offers a precise, high-grade vehicle for it: curated partnership bundles with a clear return and a professional commercial framework — comparable in signalling power to OMR-class conference sponsoring, but as a genuine cultural partnership. Prices as an annual contribution, net plus VAT.

Entry
Enabler
€2,500–5,000 / year
  • Named as an enabler (web, programme, documentary credits)
  • 2 tickets to the premiere / showing
  • Backstage update letter (twice a year)
  • Thank-you tile in the documentation library
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most chosen
Production
Premiere Partner
€10,000–25,000 / year
  • Co-branding “presented by” in a dignified setting
  • Exclusive backstage / rehearsal access for team & guests
  • Private showing / client evening with Q&A
  • Your own AI×movement masterclass (half a day) for your team
  • Documentary featuring: your contribution as part of the story
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Flagship
Innovation Lab Partner
from €50,000 / year
  • Eponymous innovation-lab cooperation (gannaca connection)
  • ODILE as a living AI transformation case inside your company
  • Keynote + tailored executive format
  • First access to format / IP licensing
  • Co-authorship of the documentary
Request a conversation →

Booking & invoicing via gannaca GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne. Price anchors: the corporate partner programmes of the Städel Museum and Museum Ludwig; the flagship is oriented on OMR presenting economics.

The film about the process — documentary partnership

Swan wing of liquid obsidian, macro shot
Evidence & artwork in oneWhen AI creates high culture — captured in cinematic quality.

The crossing between human and machine is documented from day one. Out of this, a professional film documentary with a boutique signature is to emerge: not a making-of, but an auteur film about the question of what remains when two intelligences share one body — ready for festivals, brands and distribution. Three market-based scales for documentary partners:

Lean
Short documentary
€25,000–60,000
  • ~10–20 min, boutique crew, few shooting days
  • Festival teaser + brand / social cut
  • Entry point, fundable as a documentary module
Start the conversation →
target
Standard
Mid-length documentary
€120,000–220,000
  • ~30–45 min, broadcast / festival format
  • Full crew, several shooting blocks, score
  • Aligned with ZDF documentary cost bands
Start the conversation →
Premium
Feature / festival documentary
€350,000–650,000+
  • ~70–90 min, cinema / festival ambition
  • Auteur signature, distribution strategy
  • Below the €1.5m cinema documentary threshold
Start the conversation →

Budget anchors: ZDF programme costs (documentary/reportage ~€125–200k for 45 min, ~€630k for 90 min), cinema documentary funding threshold €1.5m (FFA). Indicative values, depending on project and partner.