Transmedia Choreography: Integrating Multimodal Video Annotation in the Creative Process of a Social Robotics Performance Piece

Abstract

In this article I explore my current choreographic work with human and flying robotic performers. I adopt a number of existing conceptual lenses for the analysis of my choreographic approach, including ‘interdisciplinary choreography’, ‘post-choreography’, ‘processing choreography’, ‘generative techniques’ and ‘metacreation’. Following a brief discussion of choreographic practices in digital (live) performance environments, I propose two new terms: ‘transmedia choreography’ and ‘transmedia score’. Examples of multimodal video annotation in the creative process of our recent social robotics performance piece <em>I-Care-Us </em>will serve to discuss novel approaches in the production process of current transmedial performance works.