Silvia Rijmer: Multimodal Glossary

Terminology: Properties and Characteristics

Dodging Mode

• Agonist (AGO): the one that initiates an action
• Antagonist (ANT): the “other” body which affects the AGO
• Dodging: AGO redirects body trajectory to avoid collision with ANT (moving or still)
• Evading: AGO re-configures body location to allow ANT to occupy that same space
• Frame: a Form from which to duplicate in shape or orientation (and in the case of “stealing a Still” relative to spatial location)
• Still: the exact duplication of the proposed Frame

Scanning Mode

• Prime Mover (PM): A particular place (locus) in the body from which the movement initiates
• Simple CMP: with an uninterrupted flow and trajectory (Organic*)
• Redirect CMP: deliberated CMP initiated by another PM which results in multiple flows and multiple trajectories (according to the Body-Logic of the dancer)
• Agonist (AGO): the dancer Scanning
• Antagonist (ANT): the distractors (external stimuli: people/sound/thing) which alter one’s state of being*
• Trajectory: The shape of the path of the movement: linear, curves, shapes: Around (in horizontal plane, or Vertical Plane)
• Direction: The direction of the path of the movement: Front, Back, Up, Down, Diagonal, Curve, etc.
• Facing: The orientation of the trunk broadly speaking (person): either deliberately Paused Facing (still, not moving) or in a continuous Flow Facing (like in a turn/spin)
• Movement Potential: The potentiality of movement following a suggested gesture
• Con-Sequential Movement Pattern (CMP): A movement (in flow) engaging multiple body parts as a consequence of the PM(s)

_{*Organic: A natural sequence of the musculo-skeletal body
*State of Being: An overall alteration in one’s form/typology/trajectory/direction etc.}