Sensing Movement: Contemporary Dance Workshops with People who are Blind or have Low Vision and Dance Teachers
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| author | De Silva, Madhuka Thisuri Smiley, Jim Goodwin, Sarah Holloway, Leona M Butler, Matthew |
| author_facet | De Silva, Madhuka Thisuri Smiley, Jim Goodwin, Sarah Holloway, Leona M Butler, Matthew |
| contents | Dance teachers rely primarily on verbal instructions and visual demonstrations to convey key dance concepts and movement. These techniques, however, have limitations in supporting students who are blind or have low vision (BLV). This work explores the role technology can play in supporting instruction for BLV students, as well as improvisation with their instructor. Through a series of design workshops with dance instructors and BLV students, ideas were generated by physically engaging with probes featuring diverse modalities including tactile objects, a body tracked sound and musical probe, and a body tracked controller with vibrational feedback. Implications for the design of supporting technologies were discovered for four contemporary dance learning goals: learning a phrase; improvising; collaborating through movement; and awareness of body and movement qualities. We discuss the potential of numerous multi-sensory methods and artefacts, and present design considerations for technologies to support meaningful dance instruction and participation. |
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| spellingShingle | Sensing Movement: Contemporary Dance Workshops with People who are Blind or have Low Vision and Dance Teachers De Silva, Madhuka Thisuri Smiley, Jim Goodwin, Sarah Holloway, Leona M Butler, Matthew Human-Computer Interaction Dance teachers rely primarily on verbal instructions and visual demonstrations to convey key dance concepts and movement. These techniques, however, have limitations in supporting students who are blind or have low vision (BLV). This work explores the role technology can play in supporting instruction for BLV students, as well as improvisation with their instructor. Through a series of design workshops with dance instructors and BLV students, ideas were generated by physically engaging with probes featuring diverse modalities including tactile objects, a body tracked sound and musical probe, and a body tracked controller with vibrational feedback. Implications for the design of supporting technologies were discovered for four contemporary dance learning goals: learning a phrase; improvising; collaborating through movement; and awareness of body and movement qualities. We discuss the potential of numerous multi-sensory methods and artefacts, and present design considerations for technologies to support meaningful dance instruction and participation. |
| title | Sensing Movement: Contemporary Dance Workshops with People who are Blind or have Low Vision and Dance Teachers |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.03166 |