The Study of Taiwanese Indigenous Dance with Labanotation and an Application

In this paper we use Labanotation for analyzing several categories of Taiwanese Indigenous Dance and apply four-step dance on a mini humanoid robot. First, we use Labanotation, which is the major notation system for dance choreography, to analyze several dance steps and develop an improved version. We use this system as a basis to create comprehensive motion segments, which help us to observe quantity, as well as quality criteria, such as time, space, weight and flow differences expressed in these dances. Next, we discuss the characteristics and representations of Taiwan Indigenous dances and find a core four-step dance. We investigate the four-step dance using robot software tools and implement a new gravity-shifting technique on a miniature robot. Finally, we provide an algorithm for the suitable for future robot development in cultural dance traditions. In the future, we plan to collect movement data from human dancers and identify advanced research results.