TY - GEN
T1 - Interactive dance choreography assistance
AU - de Boer, Victor
AU - Jansen, Josien
AU - Tjon-A-Pauw, Ana Liza
AU - Nack, Frank
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Creative support for the performing arts is prevalent in many fields, however, for the art of dance, automated tools supporting creativity have been scarce. In this research, we describe ongoing research into (semi)automatic automated creative choreography support. Based on state-of-the-art and a survey among 54 choreographers we establish functionalities and requirements for a choreography assistance tool, including the semantic levels at which it should operate and communicate with the end-users. We describe a user study with a prototype tool which presents choreography alternatives using various simple strategies in three dance styles. The results show that the needs for such a tool vary based on the dance discipline. In a second user study, we investigate various methods of presenting choreography variations. Here, we evaluate four presentation methods: textual descriptions, 2D animations, 3D animations and auditory instructions in two different dance styles. The outcome of the expert survey shows that the tool is effective in communicating the variations to the experts and that they express a preference for 3D animations. Based on these results, we propose a design for an interactive dance choreography assistant tool.
AB - Creative support for the performing arts is prevalent in many fields, however, for the art of dance, automated tools supporting creativity have been scarce. In this research, we describe ongoing research into (semi)automatic automated creative choreography support. Based on state-of-the-art and a survey among 54 choreographers we establish functionalities and requirements for a choreography assistance tool, including the semantic levels at which it should operate and communicate with the end-users. We describe a user study with a prototype tool which presents choreography alternatives using various simple strategies in three dance styles. The results show that the needs for such a tool vary based on the dance discipline. In a second user study, we investigate various methods of presenting choreography variations. Here, we evaluate four presentation methods: textual descriptions, 2D animations, 3D animations and auditory instructions in two different dance styles. The outcome of the expert survey shows that the tool is effective in communicating the variations to the experts and that they express a preference for 3D animations. Based on these results, we propose a design for an interactive dance choreography assistant tool.
KW - Creativity support
KW - Dance choreographies
KW - Dance representation
KW - Performing arts
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_45
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-76270-8_45
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85043522804
SN - 9783319762692
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 637
EP - 652
BT - Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology - 14th International Conference, ACE 2017, Proceedings
PB - Springer/Verlag
T2 - 14th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2017
Y2 - 14 December 2017 through 16 December 2017
ER -