Analysis and Synthesis of Latin Dance Using Motion Capture Data

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.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: PCM
• Authors: Noriko Nagata, Kazutaka Okumoto, Daisuke Iwai, Felipe Toro, Seiji Inokuchi
• Keywords: Dance Motions, Different Isolation Levels, Latin Dance, Multimedia, PCM 2004