Composing interactive dance pieces for the motioncomposer, a device for persons with disabilities

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 20-23

  Bergsland, Andreas ^a   Wechsler, Robert ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Motion Composer GbR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abilities; Dance therapy; Interactive dance; Interactive music; Mapping; Music therapy; Persons with disabilities

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSONS; MUSIC;

ABILITY; DANCE THERAPY; HARDWARE/SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE DANCE; INTERACTIVE MUSIC; MAPPING STRATEGY; MOTION TRACKING; MUSIC THERAPY; PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; SOFTWARE DEVICE;

MAPPING;

EID: 85021814802     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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