Tracking ballet dancer movements

Research group Euphrates experimented with lines and a ballet dancer’s movements in Ballet Rotoscope:

By the way, rotoscoping is an old technique used by animators to capture movement. Pictures or video are taken and lines are traced for use in different contexts. [via @Rainmaker1973]

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Ballet dancers appear in a love scene from Phedre by Jean…



Ballet dancers appear in a love scene from Phedre by Jean Cocteau in Paris, 1952.Photograph by Justin Locke, National Geographic Creative

Ballet dance traces

E-Traces

Electronic Traces, by Lesia Trubat, tracks ballet movements and allows dancers to see the traces of their feet.

The concept of Electronic Traces is based on capturing dance movements and transforming them into visual sensations through the use of new technologies. To do this we focused on the ballet shoes themselves, which through the contact with the ground, and thanks to Lilypad Arduino technology, record the pressure and movement of the dancer's feet and send a signal to an electronic device.A special application will then allow us to show this data graphically and even customize it to suit each user, through the different functions of this app.

The results are quite nice. See it in action in the video below.

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Gala for the opening of the American Ballet Theatre’s…



Gala for the opening of the American Ballet Theatre’s “Swan Lake.” Unpublished image shot on an assignment for a September 1990 story on Broadway.Photograph by Jodi Cobb, National Geographic

A costumed dancer prepares for an international ballet…



A costumed dancer prepares for an international ballet competition in Moscow, January 1978.Photograph by Gordon Gahan, National Geographic