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Wearable haptic systems for dance are often designed around normative bodies and prescriptive mappings that treat touch as an instructional signal. We present a disability centered haptic system designed to support dance improvisation through open-ended vibrotactile interaction. The system comprises a modular, flower-shaped wearable and a real-time graphical interface, without assuming fixed placement or inter pretation. This enables dancers and choreographers to author, record, and remix affective vibrotactile sequences during practice and performance, supporting improvisation and remote participation. Design decisions were grounded in a four-session co creative process with disabled dancers, emphasizing embodied and community-centered research practices. We evaluated our system through a usability study, an artistic qualitative evaluation with two disabled dancers, and a public participatory performance, demonstrating how shared vibrotactile sensation can support Disability-centering approaches to dance creation, relational sensing, and affective co-presence.
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