Body-part motion synthesis system for contemporary dance creation

Abstract

We developed a body-part motion synthesis system (BMSS) that allows users to create short choreographies by synthesizing body-part motions and to simulate them in 3D animation. This system automatically provides various short choreographies. First, users select a base motion and body-part categories. Then the system automatically selects and synthesizes body-part motions to the base motion. The system randomly determined the synthesis timings of the selected motions. Users can use the composed sequences as references for dance creation, learning, and training. We experimentally evaluated our system's effectiveness for supporting dance creation with four professional choreographers of contemporary dance. From our experiment results, we basically verified the usability of BMSS for choreographic creation.