DISTORTIONS:
TRANSLATING BETWEEN MOVEMENT SCRIPT AND FORM
I dance the geometry of an empty square room, based on
improvisational rules defined by my body’s responses to different elements
within the room — walls, ceilings, floors, and apertures. I then record this
dance as a script using the EWMN notation. Based on that, I define two
grammars: a movement grammar that consists of room elements and their movement
responses, and a translation grammar that interprets the movement responses to
geometric planes. If the movement grammar allows me to record the dance in the
room, the translation grammar offers the opportunity for that dance to distort,
to remap the room into another geometric construct. I apply the movement
grammar and translation grammar recursively to create nested dances,
recordings, and re-mappings of these geometric constructs until the room is
completely filled.
MOVEMENT VOCABULARY: TRANSLATION FROM SCRIPT TO PLANAR GEOMETRY