Dancing Chineseness and Techno-Choreography

<p>This book delves into the embodiment of Chineseness in digital performance utilising the innovative methodology of ‘techno-choreography.’</p><p>This research critically examines professionally trained dancing bodies in Chinese dance from the vantage point of cultural transexperience. It offers profound discussions of Chineseness through an unprecedented lens advancing a suite of choreographic tools beneficial for both academic and practical inquiries. The methodology of techno-choreography employed draws from theories as well as applications of interactivity immersion virtual reality and motion capture systems. It perceives intercultural dancing bodies and cultural artefacts such as chopsticks <i>gaoqiao</i> handkerchiefs fans and red silks as interfaces during the dance composition process enacted within computational system environments. Insights are derived from full-length dance works created by the author: <i>X-Body </i>(2018) <i>Mourning for a dead moon </i>(2019) <i>Unexpected Bodies</i> (2020) and <i>Being River</i> (2024). This volume grapples with pertinent cultural and artistic questions including how Chineseness contributes to the process of techno-choreography how technology affects the embodiment of Chineseness and what Chineseness might be in the context of techno-choreography.</p><p>This book will be indispensable for scholars and practitioners across disciplines such as dance theatre performance music and human–computer interaction as well as for those enthralled by technology-imbued compositions.</p>