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Dance Through Visual Media: The Influence of COVID-19 on Dance Artists

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Among the arts, dance is regarded as a “dynamic spatiotemporal art using the body as a medium,” and it is considered better to appreciate it live [10]. By appreciating dance work live, the theme, movement, and impressions of the work are communicated [12]. However, because of the spread of COVID-19, the first emergency state was declared in Japan in March 2020. Under these circumstances, theaters were closed because of the risk of infection, and all dance performances were cancelled. Live dance appreciation is no longer possible, and dance performances using visual media have soared. Therefore, to clarify how Japanese dance artists have shifted to video distribution in response to the spread of COVID-19 and how this shift has been perceived, we first conducted semi-structured interviews with dance artists who have engaged in video distribution of dance owing to the spread of COVID-19. The interview revealed the merits and demerits of video-delivering dance, problems that emerged, points particular to video-delivering dance, and new physical sensations obtained by video-delivering dance. Based on these results, we suggest room for improvement and then discuss how to provide better computer support.

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We thank all dance artists who contributed to this study. We would also like to express our gratitude to Associate Professor Motoko Hirayama of Tsukuba University for connecting us with dance artists. We would like to thank Editage (www.editage.com) for English language editing.

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Suzuki, R., Ochiai, Y. (2022). Dance Through Visual Media: The Influence of COVID-19 on Dance Artists. In: Antona, M., Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Novel Design Approaches and Technologies. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13308. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05028-2_24

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