Kinematic analysis of hip-hop dance movement: key motion characteristics that influence evaluation by judges

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K21481
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sports science; Developmental mechanisms and the body works
• Research Institution: Nagoya Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: SATO Nahoko 名古屋学院大学, リハビリテーション学部, 講師 (70581510)
• Research Collaborator: IKEGAMI Yasuo 愛知淑徳大学, 健康医療科学部, 教授 (60092988) ; NUNOME Hiroyuki 福岡大学, スポーツ科学部, 教授 (10270993)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: ヒップホップダンス / キネマティクス / 主観的評価 / コツ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study set out to extract motion characteristics that influence the evaluation by judges from the side-step movements of hip-hop dancing. A quarter-cycle phase delay between the neck motion and other body parts, seen only in the expert dancers, is highlighted as an element that can distinguish dancers’ skill levels. In addition, in the expert dancers, the range of motion of the face inclination angle and the vertical head velocity at the beat moment were significantly larger than those of the non-expert dancers. Of these kinematic parameters, only the range of motion of the face inclination was highly correlated to the judging score and is regarded as being the most appealing element of the side-step movement.

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