Understanding and Measuring Rhythmic Quality in Dance. What is a Movement Accent?

Year: 2013 Authors: Xavier Mora; Marta Pellicer

Core claim

Human perception of movement accents in simple dance motions aligns with peaks in the magnitude of the kinematic acceleration vector.

Topics

rhythmic quality, movement accents, dance measurement, human perception

Domains

applied mathematics, kinematic acceleration, correlation integral, dance, dancesport, movement analysis

Methods

empirical observation, expert questioning, sensor data analysis, orientation tracking

Media

inertial measurement unit, accelerometer data, motion capture, spring and pendulum motions

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