Date: Fall 2020
View the code associated with this project – and a routine performed
For this project, I used a grammar system written by Professor James Ryan to procedurally generate International Rumba dance routines. The system ensures that the sequences of movements produced will be danceable and also determines what song the routine should be danced to and what the atmosphere of the performance should be. I performed an output of the system over Zoom with my dance partner, Stuart Kraabel. This program encouraged me to leave my comfort zone because it produced routines I would not have choreographed myself and dictated unusual styling choices that forced me to reconsider performance norms that were ingrained in me.
