Computer Dancemakers

This paper identifies various approaches to computer-assisted choreography and assesses problem areas. The author recommends a parametrical approach, based on both a natural language and the LOGO programming language and using list processing, as optimal for the problem-solving environment of a majority of dancers and choreographers. She suggests that only when choreographers themselves participate in the process of designing and editing their own software for choreography will computer technology find a solid foothold in the art of dance and become integrated into the creative process of dance making.