Mocapton is a motion-capture costume designed as a musical instrument for the interactive dance performance Azamen, by Runabout project.
The Mocapton includes buttons and sensors that allow the two dancers in the performance to create, manipulate and compose music through their movements. The instrument consists of a combination of custom-built hardware and software.
The custom hardware has been designed by Albena Baeva, Petya Boyukova, Stefan Donchev, Yordan Stoyanov, Simeon Yanchev and Mihail Vrachanski. The software, which is based on Max/MSP, was created by Albena Baeva. Choreographers of the performancse are Sofia Georgieva and Alexandar Mandzhoukov.
