A Documentation Blog for Interaction Lab
For my preproduction, I first need to do some research about the dance genre I have chosen. While I was looking at documentary films online, I had a talk with my invited dancer – Claire Yang. She told me her understanding of this Dai Dance. I won’t need many props except for maybe a hat … Continue reading [Mocap] Week 3
This week I switched idea from the gesture initially to this traditional Chinese minority group dance – 花腰傣(Flower Waist Dai People). The Dai dance nowadays differs from traditional Dai dance, incorporating many modern dance adaptations. So instead of simply making the traditional Dai people costume, I made it more like a modern Dai dancer costume. … Continue reading [Mocap] Week 2: Character Design
What role does movement play in your own life or communities that you are part of? Movements play an important role mostly all the time in people’s lives. The Eastern culture that I grow up with promotes a relatively restrained way of behaving. Thus, to me, movements are more of a way to express feelings … Continue reading [Mocap] Week1