Generative Dance as a Self-Organizing Dynamic System: A Study on Choreographic Emergence and the Phenomenon of Togetherness

Abstract

In this transformative exploratory study, we propose to contribute to the defini- tion of the concept of Generative Dance based on the theory of self-organized dynamic systems, in order to: 1) Describe the concepts of Emergent Chore- ography and Generative Dance (by approximation to the Generative Art con- cept); 2) Computationally model generative dance and study the emergence of spatio-temporal patterns - using Agent-based model theory and genetic al- gorithms; 3) Explore collective improvisation, following the cycle Practice-led Research and Research-led Practice (Smith and Dean 2009), integrating the relationship principles observed in the emergent modeling behavior; 4) Know the subjective experience of space-time sharing - togetherness phenomenon - experienced in generative dance.