LAUREN BEDAL is a Los Angeles–based choreographer and human-computer interaction designer working at the forefront of movement and artificial intelligence. Described by Dance Magazine as having “one of the most futuristic dance jobs out there,” she has spent the past decade merging choreographic expertise with interaction design to help companies like Google invent how we gesture, sense, and interact with computers. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wired, Forbes, and Fast Company, with speaking engagements at Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Northeastern, CalArts, and CRCI.

Bedal’s media art practice bridges decades of dance training with active research in physical artificial intelligence systems at Archetype AI. She uses computer vision, motion capture, and generative systems to explore how machines perceive and produce movement. She is currently developing AI tools for choreographers as part of a 2024 Knight Foundation New Work grant along with The Movement Project. She is also a resident artist at Angels Gate Cultural Center.