2. “As part of this practical capacity,
the very nature of hacking –
turning a system against itself – is
the processing of using existing
code, comments, and technology
for more than what the original
authors intended” (Coleman,
2013:99)
How do I hack choreography?
3. Hacking Choreography beta v.01
[fluxus]
Hacking Choreography beta v.02
[code]
Hacking Choreography beta v.03
[execute]
First collaboration
with Alex McLean
Beta Performances
2012
10. /Dance
setup ()
{dancer a centre, right
dancer b centre, left
}
movement()
{
move 1 (dancer a=rotate) (dancer b=push)
move 2 (dancer a =pull) (dancer b=swing)
move 3 (dancer a =static) (dancer b=wave)
move 4 (dancer a=throw) (dancer b= twist)
}
Hacking Choreography
Language
11. loop ()
{
move 1
move 2
move 3
move 4
}
if…then ()
{
if dancer a (move1) 180 then dancer b (move4) facing front;
}
Hacking Choreography
Language
12. {
move1; blue
move2; quality 3
move4
move4
move4
}
run loop()
{
dancer b = interrupt dancer
a
}
if…then()
{
if dancer b = beer then
dancer a = wine
}
Hacking
Choreography
Language