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Atilla Juliana Vrasdonk

Doctoral Research Fellow - RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (PSI)

Email a.j.vrasdonk@psykologi.uio.no

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Visiting address Forskningsv. 3A Harald Schjelderups hus 0373 Oslo

Postal address Postboks 1133 Blindern 0318 Oslo

Other affiliations Faculty of Social Sciences (Student)

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Academic interests

I started dancing Flamenco at an early age growing up in the south of Spain. At the same time I was fascinated by the human mind and soon pursued an academic career in neurotechnology at Imperial College London. At RITMO I will be combining these two passions by investigating the underlying brain dynamics of flamenco dance. I am specially interested in exploring the concepts of improvisation and flow in Flamenco dance.

Academic interests

Improvisation
Flow
Dance
Flamenco
Brain dynamics
fMRI/MEG

Background

2016-2017: Research Assistant at the Lab of Intelligent Systems - EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

2015-2016: Msc Biomedical Engineering, Neurotechnology track - Imperial College London, The UK

2011-2015: Bsc Aerospace Engineering - TU Delft, The Netherlands

Teaching

2020-2021: Mathematics teacher at Elvebakken Vidergående Skole, Oslo.

Simon Høffding, Rebecca Josefine Five Bergstrøm, Laura Bishop, Pedro Pablo Lucas Bravo, Kayla Burnim & Carlos Eduardo Cancino-Chacón [Show all 28 contributors for this article] (2025). Introducing the MusicLab Copenhagen Dataset. Music & Science. 8. doi: 10.1177/20592043241303288. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
MusicLab Copenhagen was a unique research concert featuring the world-renowned Danish String Quartet in a naturalistic setting. The audience was split between one group physically located in the hall, another group listening to a radio broadcast, and a third group watching a live stream. Qualitative and quantitative data were captured from both musicians and audiences, resulting in a comprehensive dataset that can be used to address many research questions. This document introduces the dataset, explains its structure, and reflects on the related data collection, storing, publishing, and archiving processes.

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Erling Zahl Urke, Atilla Juliana Vrasdonk & Alexander Refsum Jensenius (2026). Flamenco og videoer i RITMO sin årsrapport - LINK – Senter for læring og utdanning. [Internet]. UiO.no. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Hvert år produserer LINK videoer som presenterer forskning gjort ved RITMO - Senter for tverrfaglig forskning på rytme, tid og bevegelse. Fem nye videoer er å finne i den ferske årsrapporten deres.
Atilla Juliana Vrasdonk, Peter E. Keller, Tor Endestad & Jonna Katariina Vuoskoski (2024). The influence of improvisational freedom on flow in flamenco duos. Full text in Research Archive

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Projects

MusicLab Copenhaguen

Research groups

RITMO