5-4-3-2-1…Lights out!
I’m excited because this is something we’ve
never ever been able to try, we can only dream.
That is a unique feature in this project,
having a group like the dance team and a group
like electrical engineering work together.
What’s fun is to see their world mesh with
our world because the worlds are so different.
This gives the whole new dimension.
Working with the engineers has been really
interesting.
The wires on the suit light up when a certain
kind of electrical current is applied to them.
So the students have to understand properties
of the electrical current.
They have to build switches that will turn
that current on and off.
So what we’re seeing here is the LEDs are
indicating which of the electromechanical
relays are switching or essentially, electronically
controlled toggle switches to turn on and
off different pieces of the suit.
They have to write a computer program that
synchronizes with the beats of the music.
Everything was a challenge because we are
doing this for the very first time.
So we’ve got a bodysuit underneath it.
It’s like a muscle suit.
And so that feels extremely warm.
They’re pretty easy to move—pretty easy.
When the choreographers came and saw the suit
for the first time, they just had big eyes—wow!
It was really exciting.
It made us feel good.
It was so much more than we thought.
We thought, “Yeah, the lights will be exciting.”
But it is beyond that.
Those guys really make us look good.
I think the audience will love this outfit.
