Dance Becoming as "Event Sequence"

A Study of the Choreographic Paradigm Based on Rhythmic Score and Pulse-Fissure

Abstract

This paper takes the choreographic practice of the dance work Pulse and Fissure as its research object and investigates how the body accomplishes movement generation under constantly shifting conditions of time, space, and dynamics, centering on the "rhythmic score" as a generative rule for movement. Drawing on Deleuze's philosophy of "becoming" and the creative concepts of John Cage and Merce Cunningham, this paper proposes a five-step operational principle composed of fundamental pulse, temporal fissure, spatial-dynamic mapping, perceptual dislocation, and execution logic. Through choreographic experiments, it analyzes the changing process of dancers' bodily responses following the intervention of the rule. The study finds that during training, dancers undergo a dynamic process of disruption of existing habits, formation of secondary habits, and subsequent readjustment. Thus, the rhythmic score not only provides a new method for dance choreography but also offers new perspectives for the practical study of bodily becoming mechanisms, holding considerable reference value for the exploration of movement organization in contemporary dance creation.