Dancing in Virtual Reality Exploring the Interplay of Material and Virtual Bodies

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Dancing in Virtual Reality Exploring the Interplay of Material and
Virtual Bodies
Rui Filipe Antunes, Cecília de Lima and Sílvia Pinto Coelho
This presentation delves into the GhostDance research project, which
studies how dancers perceive embodiment when interacting with a virtual
body. It explores shifts in sensorimotor perception, awareness of the
kinesphere, tactile experience and perception of weight and effort when
the material body engages with an immaterial entity. The project includes a
live performance where dancers alternate between real and virtual partners,
creating a phantasmagorical dialogue between human and virtual bodies. We
will present the work-in-progress and discuss its visualisation components,
discussing a reactive audiovisual environment developed using machine
learning. The environment adapts to the dancer's movements, transforming
shapes, dimensions and colours based on Laban Movement Analysis.

Period	24 May 2024
Event title	Towards an Automated Art? Learning Machines, Human Creativity and Uncertainty
Event type	Conference
Location	Lisbon, PortugalShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International