Using automatic generation of Labanotation to protect folk dance

Jiaji Wang; Zhenjiang Miao; Hao Guo; Ziming Zhou; Hao Wu

doi:10.1117/1.JEI.26.1.011028

10 February 2017 Using automatic generation of Labanotation to protect folk dance

Jiaji Wang, Zhenjiang Miao, Hao Guo, Ziming Zhou, Hao Wu

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Journal of Electronic Imaging, Vol. 26, Issue 1, 011028 (February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.26.1.011028

Abstract

Labanotation uses symbols to describe human motion and is an effective means of protecting folk dance. We use motion capture data to automatically generate Labanotation. First, we convert the motion capture data of the biovision hierarchy file into three-dimensional coordinate data. Second, we divide human motion into element movements. Finally, we analyze each movement and find the corresponding notation. Our work has been supervised by an expert in Labanotation to ensure the correctness of the results. At present, the work deals with a subset of symbols in Labanotation that correspond to several basic movements. Labanotation contains many symbols and several new symbols may be introduced for improvement in the future. We will refine our work to handle more symbols. The automatic generation of Labanotation can greatly improve the work efficiency of documenting movements. Thus, our work will significantly contribute to the protection of folk dance and other action arts.

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Jiaji Wang, Zhenjiang Miao, Hao Guo, Ziming Zhou, and Hao Wu "Using automatic generation of Labanotation to protect folk dance," Journal of Electronic Imaging 26(1), 011028 (10 February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JEI.26.1.011028

Received: 17 June 2016; Accepted: 16 January 2017; Published: 10 February 2017

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