Programme

Conference Day 1 – Thursday 23 April

Location: Cité des Arts

Time

Programme

8.00 – 8.30

Conference registration - Coffee & tea

8.30 – 9.00

Welcome to MOCO'26 – Patrice Guyot – Grégoire Bosselut – Director CDA

9.00 – 10:30

Doctoral Consortium: MOCO Emerging Scholars

Chairs: Théo Velletaz, Martin Leguennec

5 min + 2 min Q&A

• Brenda San Germán Bravo. Body-Informed Effects for Supporting Emotional Self-Regulation in a Mixed Reality space
• Théo Dupuy, Victor Lopes de Souza. Cautious predictions to support decision makers in movement-related areas.
• Lili M. Rampre. Cyborg Sensing: A Kinotechnic Inquiry into the Epistemic Infrastructures of Movement and Perception.
• Léo Chédin. Exploring Choreographic Processes Involving AI.
• Atilla Juliana Vrasdonk et al. Kinetic Energy and Flow in Co-Improvising Flamenco Dyads.
• Romaric Sichler. Learning to Teach Gestures: Adaptive Feedback for Human–Machine Co-Learning in craft.
• Léo Mercier et al. Movement Sonification Integrated to Rehabilitation-Readaptation.
• Roos Van Berkel. Moving with Care: The Agency of Digital Movement in Socio-Material Practices.
• Botao 'Amber' Hu. On Improvisation and Open-Endedness: Insights for Experiential AI.
• Hanna Zhu. The Posthuman Fusion: Human-AI Co-creation for Movement Arts incorporating Embodied Affect and Cultural Intent.
• Hadil Abba et al. The Sense of Touch in Healthcare HAPTIMED: A Digital Twin of Haptic Perception for Educational Purposes -

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.30

Paper Session #1 - Embodied Interaction, Movement & Perception

Chair: TBA

12 min + 3 min Q&A

• Lottridge et al. Moving Contexts: How Culture, Context, and Movement Histories Shape Whole-Body Interaction in Aesthetic Environments
• Preisler et al. When Bodies Resonate in Sound: Sonifying Interpersonal Movement Dynamics in Dance
• Weber et al.Dynamic Abstract Avatars Impact Dancers' Sense of Embodiment and Movement Choices
• Mardamootoo. Moving Through Volume
• De Blanc. Weight-sharing trust and wooden floors: Identifying moderating factors in physically integrated dance

• De Blanc et al. Automatic and perceptual assessment of motion coordination in dyadic dance

12.30 – 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 – 15.30

Paper Session #2 - Dance, Choreography & Creative Practice with Technology

Chair: TBA

12 min + 3 min Q&A

• Rajko et al. Choreographic and Improvisational Approaches To Interrogating Robotic Systems
• Correia et al.Fantasies, Obscurities and (Dis)Connections: Three Case Studies of Dance Artists' Creative, Embodied and Political Engagement with AI
• Hou. Playing the Museum: The Body as Interface with Central African Traditions
• Stergiou et al. Digital Queens: A case study on cloth simulation, motion capture and XR technologies for addressing costume-choreography challenges
• Baltas. Extending the Site: XR modalities for Site-Specific Dance – A Comparative Study of XR Technologies in Studio-Based Practice
• Sicchio. p5score: A Computational Framework for Choreographic Notation and Real-Time Movement Composition

15.30 – 16.00

Coffee Break

16.00 – 18.00

Practice Works and Posters

Practice Works #1- Chair: Julien Laroche

• START: Science, arT, reseARch and Transgression
• PosePilot-GOM: A Web-based application for dexterity analysis of human movement
• A pen "IMU inside" : a Sensor-Enhanced Pen for Exploring Sound While Writing
• PosePilot-Ergo: A web-based application for ergonomic analysis and human motion quantification
• PyEyesWeb: An open source toolkit for multimodal movement feature extraction
• Drifting Bodies Through Algorithms

Poster #1 - Chair: Stéphane Perrey

• Gasparotti et al. Effects of cognitive-motor training in virtual reality on anticipatory brain functions and balance of professional dancers
• Lozano-Goupil et al. Video-Based Motion Capture and Social Signal Processing for Detecting Psychosis Risk
• Rokeby et al. Enriching the Kinematic: Approaching New Methods for Machine Learning with Bodies That Move at the Edge
• Zhu. How AI Leads in Creative Practice: From Mentorship Dialogues to Extended Narratives
• Whatley et al. Dance, disability and robots: interdisciplinary possibilities for reframing ‘healthy bodies' in performance
• Chiu. Embodied Ethics in Digital Futures: Choreoethics and Motion Capture in Digital Dancescapes
• Ayache et al. The Choreography of Thought: How Interpersonal Coordination Reveals Shared Cognition
• Sutton-Chanari et al. On the fractal complexity of sacrum motion during walking
• Ioannis. Musicians' Movement Repertoires and Emergent Coordination: Scapular Kinematics, EMG, and Struggle in Higher Music Education
• Zhang. Reframing Human–Machine Movement through Laban Spatial Logic: Toward a Temporal and Embodied Framework of Relational Vitality
• Daveau et al. Embodied Gestures: recognizing static hand movements with lightweight neural models
• Taleb-Salah et al. Motion Capture for Ergonomic Assessment: Inertial vs. Computer Vision Based on YOLOv11
• Pyaraka et al. Humanoid Robot Navigation in Shared Care Spaces: A Human-Aware Navigation Framework and ImplementationHumanoid Robot Navigation in Shared Care Spaces: A Human-Aware Navigation Framework and Implementation
• Chafik et al.IMU-Based Detection of Load Carriage for Ergonomic Risk Assessment
• Lahya et al. Deep Learning for Physical Load Estimation: Insights from ViLoad Video Dataset

19.00

Evening

Gala

Conference Day 2 – Friday 24 April

Location: Cité des Arts

8.30 – 9.00

Conference registration - Coffee & tea

9.00 – 12.00

Practice Works and Posters

Practice Works - Chair: Patrice Guyot

• Tethered: Biophysical Sensing toward Affective Somatic Integration
• Holding Time Main-Tenant as a Practice of Palliative Health
• Creative Movement Hacking: Can We Combine Ideokinesis and Immersive Technologies to Enhance Embodiment?
• Creativity Tools for Movement-based Artistic Practices in Extended Reality: Performances based in Fantasticos
• The Emergence of a Dance: A Sensitive Experience of Movement
• The Z of Touch: Crystallizing the Interoceptive Axis of Blended Touch

Poster #2 (10:00 – 12:00) - Chair: Stéphane Perrey

• Kobayashi et al.GenreMix Analyzer: Visualizing Probabilistic Composition of Dance Styles for Supporting Dance Learning
• Laroche et al. Multi-agent Coordination in Shared Hybrid Spaces - How Digital Environments and Adaptive Agents Shape Collective Embodied Timing
• Skjeldal et al. Studying Embodied Expression in Drumming for Virtual Systems
• McKendrick et al. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: Guiding Acting Practice through Negative Robot Behaviour and Contextual Intentions
• Grebel et al. Battles as Interactive Ecologies: Designing with Embodied Roles in Hip-Hop Performance
• Glover et al. Sample entropy analysis of variability in sit-to-stand-to-sit movements of people with or without chronic pain
• Faux et al. Dynamical 2D-DFA for movement analysis in obstetrics
• Bosselut et al. Exploring multimodal neurophysiological synchrony and behaviour in choir performance: a preliminary study.
• Neville. Agiles: Creativity and Mobility through embodied participation in Immersive Environments
• Vincs et al. Virtual Volumetric Bodies Interacting with Squishy Balls and Shiny Fish: Towards a more inclusive XR interaction system
• D’adamo et al. SoniFootsteps: Movement-Triggered Footstep Sounds to Modulate Body-Weight Perception, Gait and Emotion
• Soga and Sra. VR Dance Puppet: Movement Creation by Controlling Partial Body Parts Using a VR Device
• Stein et al. Tapxophone: Towards Engaging Finger Rehabilitation using Computer Vision and Music
• Hollerweger et al. Streaming Open Sound Control data from a commercially available IMU suit in real time for performative sonic arts projects
• Gong et al. DVF-Generator: A Physics-Aware Conditional Generative Model for Respiratory Motion Synthesis in Liver SPECT

12.15 – 13.30

Lunch Break

13.30 – 15.30

Paper Session #3 - Machine Learning, AI & Generative Systems for Movement

Chair: Gérard Dray

12     min + 3 min Q&A

• Lawrence et al.Interactive Machine Learning can recognise complex movements, but does it make us happy?
• Yang et al. Designing Generative AI for Real-Time Multi-User Interaction in Co-Creative Dance
• Faurent et al. Learning Human Rhythmic Movements: Adaptive CPGs for Synchronized Virtual Agents
• Akbas et al. Cross-Modal Retrieval-Augmented Generation for Craft Gestures Learning: Enabling Dialogue with Multimodal Pedagogical Contents
• Trolland et al.Exploring Movement-Led Co-Design for Interactive Lighting in Performance
• Beller. Exploring “Synekinian Pairs”: Manual-Vocal Gesture Integration in Experimental Contexts

15.15 – 16.30

Keynote #1

A. Refsum Jensenius / L. Bishop - Chair: J. Laroche

50 min + 20 min – Title TBA

16.30 – 17.00

Coffee Break

17.30 – 19.00

Performance Promenade

• ZAGHAREED: A Human and AI Co-Created Film Extending a Dance
• The origins of intelligence: A performative statement on the primacy of movement
• Real-Time Full-Body Multi-Player Interaction with AI Dance Models
• Performance of "SensualMap 2.0 Meets The Source"
• The Emergence of a Dance: A Sensitive Experience of Movement
• The Body Knows the Pattern: A Performance System Exploring Gesture Mapping and Embodied Rhythm
• The mv lab spatial trainer MR demo
• Sonification of dance during the performance promenade
• Anonymous - A Participatory Installation for Creative Improvisation

19.00+

Dinner on your own

20.30

Conference Day 3 – Saturday 25 April

Location: Cité des Arts

8.30 – 9.00

Conference registration -Coffee & tea

9.00 – 10.30

Paper Session #4 - XR, Virtual Environments & Multimodal Interaction Systems 

Chair: TBA

12 min + 3 min Q&A

• Gaugne et al. Blow based collaboration in a digital art virtual environment
• Saint-Cast et al. A Full-Stack Web-Based Ecosystem for Movement–Sound Interactions
• McKendrick. Mask Work and Performance Techniques for VR Embodiment
• Guo et al. Liquid Connections: Reimagining Social Touch in Virtual Reality
• Brendel et al.Low-Latency Real-Time Volumetric Reconstruction for Interactive and Dynamic Stage Productions
• Odonnell et al. Gesture Mapping for Embodied Rhythmic Expression: A Case Study on Expressive Affordances

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 12:10

Keynote #2

V. Cochen De Cock / B. Bardy - Chair: J. Laroche

50 min + 20 min – Title TBA

12.15 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 15.00

Paper Session #5 - Human–Robot Interaction & Bio-Inspired Systems

Chair: TBA

12 min + 3 min Q&A

• Ouhssain et al. Reinforcement Learning with Musculoskeletal Models to Study Fatigue Effects on Human Muscle Synergies
• Alcubilla et al. Designing Relational Care: Speculative and Participatory Approaches to Movement-Based Human-Robot Interaction through the Performing Arts
• Guevara.Reflections: Health, Technology, and the CCL Experience
• Hu et al.“We Move Like an Octopus”: Exploring Decentralized Tentacular Coordination via Inter-Bodily Electromyostimulation Relays X
• Neuhauser et al.Estimating Piano Piece Difficulty via Embodied Robotic Hand Performance Analysis

15.00 – 16.30

Practice Works and Posters

Practice Works - Chair: Leonardo Montecchia

• Interactive Dance Performance as a Dialogue: Choreographing through Sound and Grief
• Gone Fabulous VR: Virtual Reality Installation through Choreographic Process
• SyncOff™ A Speculative Symposium on Coordination Collapse

Poster #3 - Chair: Stéphane Perrey

• Tadayoni et al. SensualMap 2.0 Meets The Source
• Di Donato et al. British Sign Language in Embodied Music Interaction: An exploratory study of British Sign Language music interpretation
• Marin-Bucio. Machinic Movement Matrix: A framework and tool for human-AI dance creation
• Ardaiz et al. Teams of Sport Science and Computer Engineering Students Learning Together
• Siman. The Recorded Performance as Virtual Event: Archival Vitality in Preljocaj's Swan Lake
• San German Bravo et al. Laban Inspired Visual Effects Influence Perception and Movement
• Kolokotroni et al. Illuminating Emotions: Evaluating the Emotional Impact of Lighting on Animated Characters in Animation and Video Games through Motion Capture
• Akbas et al.Reflective Embodiment through Avatar Abstraction: Insights from Movement Practitioners
• Kantan. Beyond Deterministic Mappings: Audiovisual Correspondence in Movement-Controlled Generative Music
• Corbellini et al. Slow Mood, Aesthetic Resonance, and Embodied Interaction: Design Principles for Art-Aided Rehabilitation

16.30 – 17.30

Paper Session #6 - Movement Analysis, Motion Capture & Computational Modeling

Chair: TBA

12 min + 3 min Q&A

• Pilkov et al.Estimating Pianists' Hand and Finger Kinematics with Markerless Motion Capture
• Pataranutaporn et al.Phylogenetic Tree of Dance: Computational Reconstruction of Movement Lineages Through Motion Capture Analysis
• Serdar et al. Mixed Method Audio-Video Analyses of Felt Togetherness in a Networked Music-Dance Performance

17.30 – 18.00

Ending Remarks – Closing MOCO 10th

18.00

Jam session