The DanceForms 1.0 Demo

Animation guide 2.4

Part 2- Modern Dance: Create a Combination

Navigation:
1. Pick a dancer | 2. Set a movement sequence | 3. Alter the distance travelled | 4. Clarify the timing

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(img. 13)

11. To add metronome beats, click the Sound menu and choose Sound File... Browse to 1bps60bpm.mp3 from the QS_MODERN folder. Choose Convert. Play it using the Panel
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(img. 14)

12. To synchronize the sound and animation, add empty frames before the start position (click at
the start of the Score line, then press the space bar 7 times).

13. To clarify the timing in the Score window, type Bar numbers in the Notes section: frame 12
is “Bar 1”; Frame 24 is “Bar 2”; Frame 36 is “Bar 3”; Frame 48 is “Bar 4”). (see image 14.)

Your animation should look similar to this movie.

CONGRATULATIONS! You can now watch your dancer perform a triplet and leap sequence, to
metronome accompaniment.

From: Using DanceForms to Represent Ballet Movements and Choreography by Rhonda Ryman rsryman@healthy.uwaterloo.ca CORPS de Ballet International, Columbia, S.C., 2004

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