Dance · Shoulders

Port de bras

Target Deltoids  ·  Equipment Body weight  ·  Level Beginner  ·  Reps 3

Port de bras is a beginner-level dance movement targeting the deltoids, written in Posecode, a small open-source language that LLMs like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can write to describe human movement as text. Every joint angle below is hard-clamped to a safe range of motion.

How to do it

1. First position2s · ease-in-out Arms rounded low in front: first position, shoulders soft
2. Second position2.2s · ease-in-out Open the arms out to the sides: second position, wrists lifted
3. Fifth en haut2.2s · ease-in-out Float the arms into a rounded frame overhead: fifth position
4. Lower2s · ease-out Lower through second back to the start, eyes following the hands

The .posecode source

This is the exact text an LLM writes to produce the animation above: phases and joint angles, not 3D transforms.

posecode stretch "Port de bras"
  rig humanoid
  pose start = standing

  step "First position" 2s ease-in-out:
    shoulders: flex 30
    elbows: flex 35
    hips: rotate-out 20
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Arms rounded low in front: first position, shoulders soft"

  step "Second position" 2.2s ease-in-out:
    shoulders: flex 0
    shoulders: abduct 85
    elbows: flex 16
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Open the arms out to the sides: second position, wrists lifted"

  step "Fifth en haut" 2.2s ease-in-out:
    shoulders: abduct 0
    shoulders: flex 160
    elbows: flex 20
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Float the arms into a rounded frame overhead: fifth position"

  step "Lower" 2s ease-out:
    shoulders: flex 0
    elbows: flex 0
    hips: rotate-out 0
    ground-lock: feet
    cue "Lower through second back to the start, eyes following the hands"

  repeat 3

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