Automatic Composition for Contemporary Dance Using 3D Motion Clips: Experiment on Dance Training and System Evaluation

Soga, Asako; Umino, Bin; Hirayama, Motoko

doi:10.1109/cw.2009.37

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Using our proposed metric visual appeal outlined in Eq. 8, we compared our dance composition techniques with two other dance composition techniques for different dance forms [1,16]. Our algorithm performs substantially better than other algorithms on an average as indicated in Table 3.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…It is an important part of dance creation for teachers and self-learning for students. Various techniques have been proposed to ease dance choreography and most of these works have been tested on the dance form 'Ballet' [1,2]. However, not much work has been done on composing Indian dance forms.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An automatic composition system for ballet choreographies was developed by using 3DCG animation in [1]. Their goal was to develop some useful tools in dance education such as creation-support system for ballet teachers and self-study system for students.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Dance Composition Using Microsoft Kinect

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Chakraborty³

2015

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Abstract. In this work, we propose a novel approach in which a system autonomously composes dance sequences from previously taught dance moves with the help of the well-known differential evolution algorithm. Initially, we generated a large population of dance sequences. The fitness of each of these sequences was determined by calculating the total inter-move transition abruptness of the adjacent dance moves. The transition abruptness was calculated as the difference of corresponding slopes formed by connected body joint coordinates. By visually evaluating the dance sequences created, it was observed that the fittest dance sequence had the least abrupt inter-move transitions. Computer simulation undertaken revealed that the developed dance video frames do not have significant inter-move transition abruptness between two successive frames, indicating the efficacy of the proposed approach. Gestural data specific of dance moves is captured using a Microsoft Kinect sensor. The algorithm developed by us was used to fuse the dancing styles of various 'Odissi' dancers dancing to the same rasa (theme) and tala (beats) and loy (rhythm). In future, it may be used to fuse different forms of dance.

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Dance Composition Using Microsoft Kinect

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Chakraborty³

2015

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“…We have been developing an interactive simulation system with an automatic composing function for ballet and contemporary dance using a 3D motion archive [1] [2]. Using our proposed system, one can interactively compose or automatically create dance sequences.…”

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Motion Planning and Animation Variety Using Dance Motion Clips

Soga

Boulic

Thalmann

2010

2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds

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Our goal is to create dancing crowds in cyberworlds and to use this feature to support creative endeavors such as pre-visualization of choreography and actual stage performances. In this paper we present a method of motion planning using dance motion clips. We describe a trial algorithm of collision avoidance using a grid map. We also present methods to create variety in animation for dance choreographies. As a result, we confirmed that most collisions could be avoided by the motion planning method. However, the need for some improvements in creating a conceptual dancing crowd was found.

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“…We have been developing interactive simulation systems for dance using dance-motion archives. Automatic composition for ballet and contemporary dance using the motion clips of the whole body have already been developed in our project [1], [2]. Our research approach focuses on creating and composing choreographies for dance.…”

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Body-Part Motion Synthesis System and Its Evaluation for Discovery Learning of Dance

Soga

Umino

Yazaki

et al. 2016

IEICE Trans. Inf. & Syst.

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SUMMARY This paper reports an assessment of the feasibility and the practicality of a creation support system for contemporary dance elearning. We developed a Body-part Motion Synthesis System (BMSS) that allows users to create choreographies by synthesizing body-part motions to increase the effect of learning contemporary dance choreography. Short created choreographies can be displayed as animation using 3DCG characters. The system targets students who are studying contemporary dance and is designed to promote the discovery learning of contemporary dance. We conducted a series of evaluation experiments for creating contemporary dance choreographies to verify the learning effectiveness of our system as a support system for discovery learning. As a consequence of experiments with 26 students who created contemporary dances, we verified that BMSS is a helpful creation training tool to discover new choreographic methods, new dance movements, and new awareness of their bodies.

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Automatic Composition for Contemporary Dance Using 3D Motion Clips: Experiment on Dance Training and System Evaluation

Cited by 17 publications

References 6 publications

Dance Composition Using Microsoft Kinect

Dance Composition Using Microsoft Kinect

Motion Planning and Animation Variety Using Dance Motion Clips

Body-Part Motion Synthesis System and Its Evaluation for Discovery Learning of Dance

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