Evaluating real-time Thai dance using Thai dance training tool

Abstract

© 2018 IEEE. Thai dance is the valuable intangible cultural heritage and it has been passed on from generation to generation. To study Thai dance, the teacher transfers the Thai dance knowledge to students as the man to man process. Every student in the class follow the pose and move accordingly then, correcting the accuracy of their movement by the teacher. To achieve more precision and accuracy in their performance, every student needs to practice regularly by themselves. Without the correction from their teacher, some of the body movement error may occur while the student practice. This work proposes the developing of the Thai dance training tool that can assist the student in correcting the accuracy of their body movement by themselves. The system compares between the Thai dance expert movement recorded by Motion Capture System and Real-Time Dance movement by Microsoft Kinect motion sensor to check the accuracy and to evaluate dance movement. Finally, showing the result in form of the quality level by the Thai dance experts suggestion. The tool also compiles the mistake and analyze the associated instructions to efficiently provide the user feedback to improve their dancing skills.