Motor control of rhythmic dance from a dynamical systems perspective: a review

Journal of Dance Medicine & Science : Official Publication of the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science
Akito MiuraKazutoshi Kudo

Abstract

While dancers and dance educators express great interest in motor control as it relates to rhythmic dance, the subject remains largely uninvestigated. In order to advance our understanding of motor control, a theoretical framework called the dynamical systems approach (DSA) has been used. The DSA was originally developed to describe mathematically the principle of synchronization patterns in nature and their change over time. In recent decades, researchers studying human motor control have attempted to describe the synchronization of rhythmic movement using a DSA. More recently, this approach has been applied specifically to rhythmic dance movements. A series of studies that used the DSA revealed that when people synchronize rhythmic movement of a body part 1. with a different body part, 2. with other people's movement, or 3. with an auditory beat with some phase differences, unintentional and autonomous entrainment to a specific synchronization pattern occurs. However, through practice dancers are able to overcome such entrainment and dance freely. These findings provide practical suggestions for effective ways of training in dance education. The DSA can potentially be an effective tool for furthering our understanding of the ...Continue Reading

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Mar 27, 2018·Perceptual and Motor Skills·Panagiota ChatzihidiroglouGeorgios Doganis
Aug 28, 2019·PloS One·Akira TakehanaYutaka Sakaguchi
May 30, 2020·PLoS Computational Biology·Yuval HartL Mahadevan
Jan 29, 2021·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience·Julia C BassoRachel Rugh

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