# Dance registry — single source of truth for names

Every dance clip in the pipeline is tracked here. **Numbers are never reused.**

## Naming system

**Stage 1 — provisional (new dances).** Every new take gets the next free `nd##`
number at conversion time, regardless of what the PC-side export was called:
pack/file `nd08`, clip `ND08`, dance JSON `nd08.json`. Variants keep the base id +
suffix: `nd08_pp` / `ND08PP`. The `nd` prefix means "not yet adopted — subject to
rename or archive". Never name a new dance after its content (a take called
"firedance1" turned out to be dance1's choreography — content-guessed names lie).

**Stage 2 — adopted (chosen for a specific dance ceremony).** Dance codes are named
after the **ceremony the dance belongs to in the game**: `<ceremony><NN>` — the
ceremony slug in lowercase ascii (no spaces/diacritics: `powhiri`, `kapahaka`, `wero`,
`hulakahiko`, `hulaauana`, `sivaafi`, …), a two-digit index for multiple dances within
the same ceremony, PascalCase clip. Examples: pack `powhiri01` / clip `Powhiri01`,
variants `powhiri01_pp` / `Powhiri01PP`. A take is only renamed once Jeremy says which
ceremony it corresponds to. Rename with:

```bash
/Applications/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/Blender --background --python tools/rename_clip.py -- \
  --src exchange/<dir>/nd08.glb --out exchange/<dir>/haka01.glb --name Haka01
```
…then rename the dance JSON (+ its `name` and `clip` fields) in ariki-game, re-run
`game.sh import`, and `git mv` the old files out. Update the row below.

**Archive.** Rejected/superseded takes move to `archive/` (this repo) and
`archive/dances/` (ariki-game, `.gdignore`d) — never deleted, never renamed.

## Register

| id | status | pack(s) | clip | origin take | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | **candidate** (legacy name) | `aloha1`, `aloha1_pp` | `Aloha1`, `Aloha1PP` | aloha1 (iClone, 2026-07-15) | hula; rename to `hula##` on adoption |
| — | **candidate** (legacy name) | `dance1`, `dance1_pp` | `Dance1`, `Dance1PP` | dance1 (iClone, 2026-07-15) | rename on adoption |
| — | **candidate** (legacy name) | `hakadance1` | `HakaDance1` | hakadance1 (iClone, 2026-07-15) | haka; rename to `haka##` on adoption |
| — | archived | `hakadance2` | `HakaDance2` | hakadance2 | near-duplicate of hakadance1 take family |
| — | archived | `alohaOG` | `AlohaOG` | alohaOG | superseded by aloha1 |
| — | archived | `firedance1` | `FireDance1` | firedance1 | **same choreography as dance1** — mislabeled export |
| — | archived | `hakaOG` | `HakaOG` | hakaOG | near-identical to hakadance1 |
| — | archived | `haka_mocap` | `HakaFull` | MediaPipe video mocap (2026-07-13) | pre-iClone experiment |

Next free provisional number: **nd01** (none issued yet — the five keepers predate
the system and keep legacy names until adopted).