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[BEIJING] The "11 by design" labyrinth

[danteIL]

Here's the section of chat where Eli miraculously makes the leap to the conclusion that we need a choreographed "dance" for synchronization:

[ariock]

Re: [BEIJING] The "11 by design" labyrinth

[Canzonett]

Re: [BEIJING] The "11 by design" labyrinth

[DavFlamerock]

Since this is definitely relevant, I'll add my personal labyrinth to the mix. I'll also keep investigating the Dance through my own experimentation.

[Canzonett]

I guess I'll better repost what I wrote in the "Ring Unification" thread, since I also speculated about how to use music for memorizing the steps there.

OK - trying to convert that scheme into walking directions ... Please correct if I confused left and right somewhere!

Ariadne's Dance – left-running 11-circuit labyrinth for Beijing
Assumption: 1 step necessary to bridge one path

1st circuit
3 forward – left 5 – left 8 – left 10 – left 8 – left 3

2nd circuit
left 5 – right 4 – right 3

3rd circuit
left 1– left 4 – left 6 – left 5

4th circuit
right 1 – right 6 – right 8 – right 6 – right 3

5th circuit (innermost circuit)
right 3 – left 2 – left 5

6th circuit
right 5 – right 10 – right 12 – right 10 – right 6

7th circuit (outer circuit)
left 5 – left 11 – left 20 – left 22 – left 20 – left 9 – left 3

8th circuit
left 6 – right 14 – right 16 – right 14 – right 6

9th circuit
left 1 – left 7 – left 16 – left 18 – left 16- left 6

10th circuit
right 1 – right 7 – right 18 – right 20 – right 18 – right 9 – right 3

11th circuit
right 6 – left 12 – left 14 – left 12 – left 6 – right 5 or more ...

How to memorize this?
MUSIC?
left and right = scales going up and down (at least the first steps of a note group should go up or to to signify the direction clearly!)
number of steps = number of short notes in a group, which ends with a fermata or longer note so the runner knows when to stop

And we would need a text with an adequate number of syllables corresponding to that music ...

[Canzonett]

I've started compiling a song to memorize the number of steps necessary for the labyrinth's path. Additions welcome. One syllable equals one step.

EDIT, 11:14 PM: Done! First draft of the lyrics is finished.

[Canzonett]

Sent my lyrics to Eli this morning and asked him about his opinion regarding some of our questions.

[mr.judkins]

Well done Canzonette! That's brilliant!

[jasper]

Does anyone thing they might need to do this blindfolded? I'm just thinking of the pottery shard image that shows more than one blindfolded athlete running together. http://olympics.wikibruce.com/Image:Pyronshard.jpg#file

Also, does the 5+1 question belong in this discussion if the team of 6 will be doing this together?

[Canzonett]

Since this is supposed to be a "mass activity", as Eli pointed out, I think the dancers will need all their senses (including their vision) to stay coordinated when there are several persons in one spot dancing the labyrinth together. However, using a symbolical blindfold, as "Parallel Dav" suggested, sounds like a great idea and would honour the long tradition of the lost sport.

On the other hand, I'm in doubt regarding other parts of information "our" Dav received from his parallel self. Is Ariadne's Dance really to be run? Is speed decisive for its success? The dance certainly won't be as meditative an actitivy as a personal labyrinth walk, but our aim here is not to "run" this labyrinth in world record time, is it? I picture a (maybe varying, accelerating?) speed somewhere in the broad range presented in the Sirtaki scene at the end of Zorba the Greek.

Another thought: If the artistic quality of the dance is to play a roll, a special dance step might be a good idea as well. Ideas? (I'm not a dancer at all. None of my parallel selves is ...)

[danteIL]

Is anybody else as confused as I am about Ariadne'sdance/synchronization/multiversoolympics/onerunner/olympicteams/flares/thewall/5/1/labyrinths/running/dancing/??

Each time Eli answers an email, I just get more and more confused because he's always telling us what something is NOT and not what anything IS.


bleah.

[Canzonett]

[danteIL]

Yes, the function of everything is incredibly uncertain. More than that, though, what is the relative timing of these events????

From Eli's email, he says that they are going to dance through the 11-circuit labyrinth as soon as they get to Beijing (next Tues?). Apparently, this creates some kind of navigation beacon thingie. So that's going to happen first.

Then, the Multiverso Olympics take place the morning of Aug 23/24th, right?? Yay, that saves the world. \O/

But, the final sending-them-home ceremony takes place during the Closing Ceremonies, the evening of the 24th. Somehow, this involves: a) 5+1 b) flares c) waves. And possibly massive memory loss.

One confusing thing of the Lost Ring message is that it didn't make a clear distinction between the "11 by design" and the "5 and 1" parts. I certainly thought they were the same thing.

Correct me on anything if I'm wrong.

[DavFlamerock]

Canzonett: Do let me clarify what I meant about running when I explained that to myself (lol that's so fun to say).

I didn't mean like run it as fast as you can, but I did mean that it shouldn't be walked. I guess the proper verb here would be that you have to dance it through... but the dance is more like a trot/jog than a walk or a run. Maybe I should videotape me doing it. I did try it--and it does work well. Surprisingly well. I didn't even have a labyrinth drawn beneath me. But while you're right, it's not run, it is certainly not walked either. Is this making sense?