The New York-based contemporary dance duo Bridgman|Packer Dance gave the official world premiere of “Voyeur” at Maine College of Art on Friday evening.

With the works of painter Edward Hopper as its departure point, the half-hour piece was co-commissioned by Portland Ovations and the Edward Hopper House Art Center of Nyack, N.Y., and is presented in collaboration with Bates Dance Festival.

“Voyeur” is a very urban multimedia performance, with sophisticated video imagery by Peter Bobrow augmented by the live movement of two dancer-choreographers, Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman.

The piece is performed in and out of a folding wall with windows and a door, all in front of a full-stage screen. Video of buildings evocative of Hopper’s works (shot largely in Maine during a residency last summer) and of the dancers themselves, sometimes in multiple images simultaneously, is projected onto both surfaces. The live dancers move in and out of the windows and doors.

The video is impressively three-dimensional in effect. Often, the line is blurred between live and projected movement, leading to moments of surprise when a projected figure doesn’t emerge from the scenery, or when a live figure does.

In one sequence, Bridgman meets and seemingly evaluates himself. In another, he is projected onto himself as he stands in a doorway, so that his ghostly filmed figure seems to enter and re-enter his real-life body.

Much of the action involves very private moments such as dressing, undressing and making love. Flirtation and pursuit are also examined, along with hints of violence in movements suggesting physical conflict.

Although the action and imagery of “Voyeur” weren’t intended to correspond directly to Hopper’s artwork, there are commonalities that make the choreographers’ inspiration apparent.

Hopper’s work has the enigmatic quality of half-told stories and often includes images that are only partially revealed, either outside the frame or obstructed by another pictorial element. When figures appear in his work, their mood — the story behind their expressions and poses — is rarely perfectly clear.

Similarly, the movement in “Voyeur” flickers in and out of a sense of story just as the dancers move in and out of the windows and doors. The dancers are thoughtful, but their thoughts are not fully revealed. They watch one another, come together and separate again, but without clearly conveying the “why” of their transitions.

The set itself, particularly as different buildings are superimposed on the wall, windows and doors, evokes Hopper’s fascination with interiors or exteriors as seen through a window.

“Voyeur” also was performed on Saturday. The piece is short — about 40 minutes — and the audience was invited to explore the scenery before each performance.

Jennifer Brewer is a freelance writer who lives in Saco.