Calendar
At Creative Coding Utrecht we organise a range of monthly events that cater to different interests, age groups and skill level. We aim to help you develop your connection with all things coding, no matter how foreign the subject might seem to you.
Have no idea what Creative Coding means? Have a background in programming but you wouldn’t know where to start making your own, creative stuff? Or do you simply want to enhance your pre-existing skills and create even more flashy visuals, animations and more?
Filter our events by topic and accessibility level, there is something for everyone. To look up any of our past events, check out the archive.
UITfeest: Creative Coding and Dance Crossovers
Creative Coding Utrecht and Freedom City are joining forces. Two creative communities present a program full of technology, dance, and self-expression. During this performance, freestyle dance, live coding, and AI collide in an explosive mix of creativity and improvisation. Hip-hop dancers confront an AI that reinterprets their movements in real time. In addition, Freedom City dancers collaborate with coders from Creative Coding Utrecht with live-coded music and visuals, where every movement influences the rhythm and image. From Krump to Breaking, ending with a freestyle jam.
Later that afternoon, there will be an ode to the ballroom scene, full of flair and queer expression. A live-coded translation of ballroom beats invites you to move. The day ends with a From Scratch Session: a blank screen, raw code, total freedom.
A dynamic show where everything happens live. Sometimes stumbling, often surprising, always real.
Don't miss out on the showcase by Freedom City Utrecht at 13:30 and 18:30!
Block 1: 15:00 - 16:00
A radical crossover between hip hop and technology bringing dance, AI, and live coding together on stage. In Stable_Bodied, dancers Mick Bakker and Maika Sontrop, together with artist Cris Mollee, engage in direct interaction with AI. Their movements are not only recorded, but also reshaped by an algorithm. A translation of physical expression into digital imagery, giving rise to new forms of movement.
In Flow State, dance and code come together in a series of freestyle sessions. Dancers from Freedom City respond to live-coded beats, visuals, and sounds created by artists from Creative Coding Utrecht. From krump to breaking, every style is given space, culminating in a joint freestyle jam!
With contributions from Timo Hoogland, TyPpo, Lil Bleep, and others, a performance emerges that is not fixed, but created on the spot. Exciting, experimental, and above all, always in motion.
Blok 2: 16:45 - 17:15
We brengen een ode aan de ballroomscene: een wereld van flair, vrijheid en queer expressie. Ballroom Beats Reinterpreted vertaalt de energie van deze cultuur naar het nu, met live-gecodeerde muziek, visuals en dans. Een visueel en auditief eerbetoon waarin algoritmische beats ruimte maken voor zelfexpressie en beweging. Iedereen is welkom op de vloer.
We sluiten af met een From Scratch Session, waarin alles mogelijk is. De schermen zijn leeg, de code ontstaat live, de beats zijn rauw. In zeven minuten bouwen performers vanuit het niets iets nieuws op, onder begeleiding van de MC die het publiek meeneemt in het proces.
Met bijdragen van Lil Bleep, Nikilia en dansers uit de Utrecht Ballroom Scene ontstaat een performance vol risico, spontaniteit en improvisatie. Waar ook struikelen en vastlopen onderdeel zijn van de magie!