The M lab is a theatrical laboratory for visual innovations and design technologies in the live arts. Founded by designers Tobin Rothlein and James Clotfelter, the laboratory seeks to challenge existing staging practices while developing and exploring new methodologies for meaningful, balanced uses of multimedia design. The M Lab is an integral part of Miro Dance Theatre and enables Miro to fulfill its mission of embracing contemporary multi-media techniques and sharing technological research and innovation with the general and artistic communities.

The goals of Mlab are:

• To aid in providing the necessary and often limited resources in the development and creation of multi medium work: space, time, equipment and personnel.
• To provide consulting services and educational opportunities.
• To support, develop, and disseminate the unique work and design aesthetic of Tobin Rothlein and James Clotfelter, including design commissions, installations, and open laboratory showings
• To document and publish laboratory activities, conclusions, and processes in the form of case studies, essays, and work journals
• Develop international relationships promoting cross-cultural dialogue and collaborative work.

We will carry forward the goals of Mlab by:

• The establishment of creative and mutually beneficial partnerships with other organizations with a focus on institutions of higher learning.
• The hosting of laboratory workshops with invited master-artists of all disciplines.
• The development of new work in residency at Mlab.
• Facilitation of think tanks, panel discussions, and narrative and theme based experiments with leading innovators of the field and invited guests.
• Providing educational and outreach opportunities in the form of open laboratories for students of arts and design, and arrangements with partner organizations to present invited guests and artists in residence to the greater community.