BharataNatyam (BN) is an ancient Indian Classical Dance. The manuscripts namely Natyasastra and Abhinayadarpana are the only source of documentation for this Classical dance form of South India. Although few archives are available for the heritage preservation, automation is hardly attempted for the choreographic process. Choreography is an art which most of the people staunchly consider as a h...

We present HappyFeet, a dancing system designed for supporting the dancing experience of remotely located dance partners. HappyFeet uses 3D representations of dancers’ feet in a shared virtual dance space to emphasize timing and placement of feet. It has two modes of operation: a learning mode where the user can dance with pre-recorded dance lessons, and a second mode where the system provides ...

INTRODUCTION  Dance teachers are exposed to high sound intensities. AIM To verify the sound intensity of music used by dance teachers during classes. METHOD  This was a transversal and prospective study. Dance teachers were evaluated with a sociodemographic questionnaire, and sound intensity level measurements were taken at the beginning, middle, and end of dance classes. RESULTS  The sam...

BACKGROUND Structured physical activity (PA) programs are well positioned to promote PA among youth, however, little is known about these programs, particularly dance classes. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe PA levels of girls enrolled in dance classes, 2) determine the contribution of dance classes to total moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and 3) compare PA between da...

According to event segmentation theory, action perception depends on sensory cues and prior knowledge, and the segmentation of observed actions is crucial for understanding and memorizing these actions. While most activities in everyday life are characterized by external goals and interaction with objects or persons, this does not necessarily apply to dance-like actions. We investigated to what...

Successful honey bee foragers communicate where they have found a good resource with the waggle dance, a symbolic language that encodes a distance and direction. Both of these components are repeated several times (1 to > 100) within the same dance. Additionally, both these components vary within a dance. Here we discuss some causes and consequences of intra-dance and inter-dance angular variat...

The awful pun that is the title of this article serves a couple of purposes. It suggests that there are myths surrounding boys' participation in dance. These include the perception that dance is for girls and not for boys. This is a myth perpetuated by the majority, including parents, teachers and school system leaders. The title also suggests that the dance curriculum and dance as an artform i...

This paper presents an analysis of natural movement in Latin dance and a synthesis of dance motions making use of the outcome. The isolation movement of shoulders and hips in Latin dance was extracted quantitatively, and a dance animation with different isolation levels was synthesized, using a motion graph editor.

Objective: The aim of this study were to examine the relationships between functional fitness, self-esteem, aesthetic body care and long-term adherence to dance, and to identify other characteristics related to dance adherence in the elderly. Methods: Seventeen women, aged 59-86 years-old, who practised a type of dance labeled “bodily expression”. Results: Functional fitness was correlated to d...