Choreography is evolved order, rather than designed order.
In nature, order is an emergent phenomenon, it is not intentionally designed. That which is designed intentionally by humans, isn’t order in its deep sense, but more of an instrument, a tool, serving a specific function. If one looks at choreography as a way to understand the nature of things, being that its subject matter are humans and that humans are part of nature, one should concentrate on creating the conditions which allow for order (autonomous, uncontrolled and not in the service of a specific thing or goal) to emerge.
One should focus on creating the circumstances where dancers are incentivized and predisposed to engage in interaction and as a result, arrange the action.
The fatal conceit at the root of approaching choreography as designed order, is the overestimation of individual human intelligence, and the belief that choreography can be engineered through deliberate, rational, central planning, when in fact, much of what makes choreography function, is the result of spontaneous, evolutionary like processes.
Choreography is an equation with infinite variables, hence, choreographic order can only be revealed over time and through gradual trial and error.
Choreography emerges when dancers are left to do their thing and find their way, within the frame of an evolving, yet clear and stable rules set.
What a choreographic system needs to strive to achieve then, is the creation of a fair and ethical set of rules that allow for individual autonomy and the chance to discover what might be its best manifestation each time it takes place.
The choreographic future cannot be designed, it has to be discovered, and the choreographer’s job is to create conditions that maximize the possibility for the discovery of infinite optimal futures.
Choreography shouldn't be thought of in terms of outcomes, as in, designed order, but rather, it should be thought of in terms of processes and evolved, emergent order.
