Update Dance with Tilt Sensor

Interaction
Head nods Waves Isolations
Techniques & Concepts
Hip Hop Improv
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Instructor Notes:

Introduction

STEM From Dance instructors choreographed a piece to the song "Update" by Burna Boy, featuring a tilt hat as a central prop. The dancer aimed to maximize sensor use by incorporating head tilts and directional movement, while also holding and shifting it when it was off her head.

Materials

Electronics

Tilt Sensor Animates

Supplies

Hat Scissors Tape

Circuit Assembly

Code

Subcomponents

Chaining Animates

Dancers chained animates with wires and wrapped them around the hat, making their own LED strip, but with long wires between the individual LEDs.

Tape Design

The bright yellow tape provided structural support to secure the animates, but was also placed like a geometric design.

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