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As a dancer & instructor of over 18 years, I think this technology is fascinating. I actually think it would be most effective as a teaching tool for my students. Often times, since the kids are so focused on the physicality of the steps, I find a disconnect between the visual and physical experience as they train, i.e. the kids don't realize that the steps/movements they make are in attempt to create visual shapes and lines. They run around the studio 'feeling themselves' (precious), but at the end of the year on-stage, the choreography suffers from this visual connection. I appreciate that the detected poses and motions create clear pictures for what different parts of the body are doing.
Particularly for ballet, if I had access to this technology (in a way that was user friendly), I'd love to see the difference between ballet styles (Vaganova, Cechetti, ABT, ect). I think it would be much clearer from a students' perspective, to see the stylistic difference in lines, shapes and movement. This AI reminds me of Happy Feet, where they took Savion Glover's movement and choreography and applied it to the animation penguin. It doesn't seem too far-fetched.
And lastly, for those who say this seems unnatural--dancing is unnatural to the body, hence the training and years put into it. So having an AI applied to it will only make it look more unnatural. Artistically, this can be debated (as it has been), but in search for 'real life application,' I'd love to get my hands on this as a teaching tool. sorry for the long post--this is my first time on this site--my boyfriend sent this to me & warned me that if i blabbed too long, this post would not be successful. |