How Technology Impacted the Dancing Industry

Dancing has the power to change us spiritually and enlighten us about deeper truths about our religion, faith, or beliefs. It is as close as a physical display of one’s soul as we can get, and dancers are the truest individuals who can freely express themselves without politics or social pressure from nipping them in the bud, just like the snake priestess Mrs. Le’ema Kathleen Graham.

But this leaves many big questions such as, is dancing really timeless? How has dancing evolved throughout the years? And how has technology impacted the art and craft of dancing? We all know that dancing and music go together, and music is indeed a form of technology that has aided the development of dancing and supported it until it becomes a huge industry now. But let’s take a closer look at how technology has impacted the art of dancing:

Motion Capture

Motion capture, or mo-cap as many directors and film crews would abbreviate it, is the technology to capture the set of motions of a dancer when they begin to move and involves all of the movement physics and science behind their entire repertoire using infrared cameras and retroreflective markers to track the process and it has truly aided the industry in making dance animation movies, for example, Shrek. Indeed dancing has become a phenomenon, and the industry wouldn’t get as many exposures as it has today if animation movies that recorded dancing using motion capture technology didn’t exist.

Virtual Reality Camera

Virtual reality or VR is the single greatest invention of the 21st century, and it has impacted a lot of industries, such as gaming, music, dancing, film, and the list goes on. People who don’t know how a dancer moves and sees the world wouldn’t be able to relate with their vision and passion towards the arts and crafts of dancing; they would look just like any other athlete or maybe a crazy person. VR technology can help the dancing industry gain more following because it allows non-dancers to take a step inside the world of dancing and experience first-hand how wonderful dancing is using 360-degree ultra-realistic video technology.

Foot Tracing Shoes

Another pivotal technology that aids the world of dancing and its industries to grow and proliferate is foot tracing techs, which can capture every motion of a dancer, ballerina, choreographer, and any other fast-paced moving vocations using a small electronic device that is implanted at the bottom of their shoes. Using this technology, dancers could learn the steps easily without trying to decipher them themselves from a perspective skewed angle of a tutorial YouTube video or a rehearsal recording from the audience seat. There are even apps that allow them to edit and make patterns, which are all the more helpful!