Preservation of intangible cultural heritage of Zapin Lenga dance movements using motion capture technology
<p>This research examined the usage of Motion Capture (MoCap) technology in</p><p>preserving the intangible cultural heritage of Zapin Lenga dance movements. Zapin</p><p>Lenga dance was chosen as it is one of the oldest Zapin Mela...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2021
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| Online Access: | https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=7182 |
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| Summary: | <p>This research examined the usage of Motion Capture (MoCap) technology in</p><p>preserving the intangible cultural heritage of Zapin Lenga dance movements. Zapin</p><p>Lenga dance was chosen as it is one of the oldest Zapin Melayu repertoires. The</p><p>objective of this research is to preserve Zapin Lenga dance focusing on the main sixstep</p><p>patterns known as langkah in correspondence with the dance motif named</p><p>ragam. An experimental research design was employed for this research. The sample</p><p>of this study was an expert male dancer on the Zapin Lenga dance. Two categories</p><p>comprise of dancing with music and without music were selected. Three sets of dance</p><p>performed by the expert dancer were recorded using MoCap with 51 reflective</p><p>markers to segmentize the body movement. The captured data from MoCap were</p><p>analysed in Motion Builder software using Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) model.</p><p>Elements from LMA consist of Body, Effort, Shape and Space were used to</p><p>determine variables on dance movements, which consist of i) acceleration, ii) body</p><p>angle, iii) angle of rotation and iv) quadrant movement. Data analysis using paired</p><p>sample t-test were conducted to examine the significance of mean differences of</p><p>dancing with music and without music with a total number of 48175 frame-persecond</p><p>(fps) captured for dancing with music and a total number of 46016fps captured</p><p>for dancing without music. The distances between markers were measured to define</p><p>speed (m/s-1), which later on determines the results of acceleration (m/s-2), body angle</p><p>and rotation angle. It was found that there were no significant differences between the</p><p>Zapin Lenga dance movements on both with music and without music (p-value<0.05).</p><p>Thus, it reveals that the preservation of the Zapin Lenga dance movements can be</p><p>conducted both with music and without music. This is the first attempt to calculate</p><p>body movements accurately for Malay Traditional Folk Dance. This research will be</p><p>used for other similar dance in Malaysia particularly in a different type of Zapin</p><p>dances. The digital simulation of the movements can be virtually re-enacted in 3D</p><p>software to be used in other applications such as animation and games.</p> |
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