Pathways to Live Visuals in Dance Performances: a Quantitative Audience Study

• Main Authors: Raul Masu, Nuno Correia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2020-04-01
• Series: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies
• Subjects: audience study; dance; live visuals; interaction design
• Online Access: https://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.13-7-2018.163987

INTRODUCTION: We present an audience study investigating the impact of different technologies to createvisuals in dance performances.OBJECTIVES: We investigated four conditions: motion capture, sensors, camera image, and minimalinteraction; and four variables: how much did the audience perceive a connection between the body and thevisuals; the visuals as merely copying the dancer; how much distracting were the visuals; and how much didthe audience enjoy the visuals.METHODS: We used a questionnaire to collect data. We analyzed it using Friedman’s test, and Spearman’scorrelation test.RESULTS: The audience perceived a stronger connection in the camera condition, but in the same condition,visuals tend to be merely copying the dancer. We also suggest that the perceived connection has a positivecorrelation with enjoyment, while distraction has a negative correlation.CONCLUSION: Our results help to highlight the impact that different technology have on live visuals fordance.