Boiling Mind

In dance performances, choreography, music and lighting are combined to convey meaning to the audience. However, this communication typically relies on visual and auditory stimuli alone. Through co-design activities with 5 professional contemporary dancers, we crafted an interdisciplinary combination of choreography and haptics. In total, 128 audience members watched one of three live performances while wearing custom-made haptic wristbands. We explore how the introduction of haptics deepens their embodied sensations and helps to create a sense of resonance with the dancers.

Publications

• Ximing Shen, Xuan Li, Youichi Kamiyama, Danny Hynds, Giulia Barbareschi, RAY LC, Sohei Wakisaka, Arata Horie, and Kouta Minamizawa. 2025. "It's Like Being On Stage": Conveying Dancers' Expressiveness Through A Haptic-Installed Contemporary Dance Performance. In Proceedings of CHI '25. ACM.