Dance in computer technology: A survey of applications and capabilities

Abstract

Dance has invaded the world of computers, and not the other way around! The response of the computer industry has so far been indifferent, but dance researchers and practitioners remain determined to understand and utilize this modem age technology. Afterall, the arts have historically represented the spearhead of living cultures, so it is logical that the art of dance reach toward an integration, or at least a working relationship, with computers--a melding ultimately of the art of dance with the craft of computers. This paper attempts to provide an overview of the current and recent investigations and applications of computer technology within the dance field. It will also reflect upon some seemingly insurmountable problems and will speculate upon possible roles for computerized dance research in the future.

From dance notation to human animation: The LabanDancer project

“…Details of other efforts to create notation, to edit it and to animate it can be found elsewhere. [10][11][12][13] This paper describes the development of Laban Dancer, a tool for animating Labanotation. The input to LabanDancer is a digital score from the LabanWriter application for composition and editing of Labanotation.…”

Dance training and feedback system using wearable wireless sensors.

“…W ith the advent of affordable and applicable sensory systems such as inertial, gyroscope, and pressure sensor-based training systems have been developed. In such systems, the motion was captured by the sensor, analyzed by the system, and provided the minimal feedback [1,[9][10][11][12]. As feedback is the most im portant component of any training system, there is still room for developing systems that can provide clear, elaborate, and meaningful feedback.…”