Live notation for patterns of movement

Preprint

By exploring how we might create movement through a live notational process of programming in real time, we aim to create a live coding language for algorithmic choreography. Our work spans patterns, computation, movement, notation, robotics and performance. We examine weaving, dance, and musical forms as places of inspiration. We also develop a telematic performance where we live code both the audience and a small robot in order to use practice as a place to further our thinking, tacit knowledge and develop notation of ephemeral processes. We conclude by considering the inexhaustible quality of live, language-based approaches to choreographic notation.