LIGHTness: Interactive Luminous Ballet Outfit

Abstract

The priorities of dressing have broadened and become more complex over the years, creating challenges in developing new products. The technological evolu-tion allied with its democratization has provided new possibilities for experimen-tation in the area of fashion and clothing in order to meet the current complex ex-pectations. The article presents the experimental development of a transdiscipli-nary fashion product, which proposes the expansion of the communicability of dance through technological stage design. According to the metalinguistic concept allied to the computational logic pre-established in a project plan, the proposed product has, attached to a ballet costume, sensors to capture movements and transform them into light and colors with different intensities, through direct in-teraction with the movement direction and intensity. As a result, the LIGHTness project explores the forms, interactivity and light effects of ballet, emphasizing the dichotomy between strength and lightness in this type of dance.