amplification: magnification of small gestures
choreography: composing the performer's physical actions
computation: realizing elaborate processes
constraint: rules and systems inviting imagination
environment: audience construction of experience
fearlessness: relentless pursuit of new ideas
intermedia: consistent aesthetic across disciplines
layering: systems modifying systems
metacomposition: methods which result in a variety of realizations
multiplicity: simultaneous and independent layers of activity
notation: the encoding of behavior in graphics and text
plurality: works inviting unique interpretations with each listening
reinvention: transformation of historically conditioned material
structure: independent determinations of content and duration
synthesis: welding disparate influences