radical juxtaposition.

I think one aspect postmodern dance has only begun to absorb is technology. Physics in its vast field has a place in dance with its universal guidelines like how to trick the human vestibular system by spotting while spinning. We begin to gain an understanding of the laws of physics as soon as we're born, and by the time we learn to walk we've mastered basic center of gravity concepts. Electrodynamics and electrical engineering may be the most distant relative to this relationship, but when analyzed their example of movement could be used in the process of choreography. One example would be the Ring Modulator which is commonly in the form of an effects pedal for electric guitar or organ. One way a ring modulator works is it takes the input from an instrument (sine wave) and heterodyns, or more specifically, convolutes it with that of a built-in oscilator (convolution in the frequency domain is the same as multiplication in the time domain). The resulting output is two new sine waves, the sum and the difference of the two inputs. This circuit could be mutated into a process for chroeography in many ways, one idea is to use a video camera to record one dancer in a guided improvisation. The feed would be analyzed by a computer, which could then output wave form data based on certain movements. This wave form would be then processed through a ring modulator, the resulting signals fed back into the computer. This could then be used to animate two different computer generated 3D models of a dancer or perhaps a automated marionettes. The more this type of process is repeated, the more distorted the dance would become. If the process uses more than one variable, like more than one human dancer, patterns directed by the subconscious may emerge as the resulting images or actions are combined. There are many other simple electrical circuits that we use every day that could influence conceptual movement processes, like RC circuits, OP-AMP circuits or even something as simple as a battery. Electrical engineering is not unlike any other part of the Physics world, it is only foreign and confusing because we cannot see it happening.