The Choreography Of Square Dance And The Development Of Fitness Somatosensory System By Laban Movement Analysis

Nowadays,there are miraculous middle-aged women dancing in the park,called Square Dance.In order to let the Chinese Square Dance become a fitness exercise and reduce some problem,we in-depth research the movements of Square Dance.Analyzing the movements and finding potential problems further ameliorate the dance movements.We also want to know the feasibility and experience satisfaction of the Square Dance somatosensory system.For the purpose of observing the diverse characteristics of the Square Dance,we collected three kinds of Square Dance from different sources.It contains the web video(version of Web),the government released video(version of Official)and the field recording video(version of Civil).We invited two experts in Laban Movement Analysis to watch the 153 clips of square dance movement and analyze the Effort element of each movement.In the current implementation,the Space,Weight and Time motion factors of the Effort component were implemented for movements.Each Motion Factor has two Effort elements by demonstrating lesser and greater degrees of either two attitudes towards movement.We analyzed the dance movements based on Space,Weight and Time Effort and then we compared the Effort elements of movement from different sources.We found that there had more Strong Effort of movements from official version.And there have more Light Effort movements from the web version and the civil version.The Strong Effort of movements are easy to let people feel pressure and anxious.There are 63 Action Drive movements.Then we invited three rehabilitation therapists who work in a profession for more than two years to assess 63 Action Drive dance movements.The rehabilitation therapists proposed some improvements in dance movement that can help for the elderly training the balance,softness and the coordination.The analytic result of dance movement is that the body performance of Glide and Dab are softer and full range of extension.In this study,we integrate all the improvements from the improvements and establish the Square Dance Design Guideline.We choreographed a square dance which can help balance training and increase range of flexibility for over 70 years old people is called Laban Elated Square Dance.We made Laban Elated Square Dance combined with the interactive sensing sensor(Kinect for windows V2),gesture recognition database(visual gesture builder),and the software program to develop the square dance somatosensory system prototype.In the experiment part,we invited a total of 12 participants to experience the square dance somatosensory system.After the experience,the participants had filled in three dimensions(psychological,physical,relaxation)questionnaires and interviews in order to comprehend the positioning and experience satisfaction of this system.We discover the participants set a high value on choreography of square dance.They will choose to dance some Square Dance that is beneficial to training,not the gorgeous dance.This research is for Square Dance movement on the core.After Laban Movement Analysis,we conjecture that elderly don't like the version of Official square dance because Strong Effort dance movements are too many in one dance.Another result shows that the Sustain Effort dance movements can help the training coordination for the elderly.We establish the Square Dance Design Guideline and develop the square dance somatosensory system prototype.And verifying the overall satisfaction of Square Dance Somatosensory System is high,and different habit of the exercise has different positioning by the system.