Every Body Dance Now: What Dancers with Disabilities Can Teach HCI

This project aims to bring disabled perspectives into discussions about embodied co-creation in human-computer interaction (HCI). Everyone, from children to professional artists, learn and express themselves through creatively collaborating with others. Co-creativity is well supported by Human-Computer Interaction research and education initiatives. This project aims to use dance as a lens for expanding HCI's understanding of the needs people with disabilities have during embodied co-creative activities. While potential applications include education and skills training, questions at this stage will focus on how dancers who use mobility aids collaborate with others; how HCI as a field can support their artistic expression; and what cognitive theory can learn from embodied collaboration by dancers who use mobility aids.