Host: The Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology
In this study, we examine how difference of schools and careers of Nihon Buyo evokes different impressions of audiences. We recorded motional expressions of Nihon Buyo by video camera and motion capture to analyze the relations between impressions and motional expressions and to make clear the effects of motional expression. The object of our experiment was a part of "Musume-Dojoji", a masterpiece of Nihon Buyo, which was performed by professional female dancers representing the principal five schools and four careers on their own style. Experimental process was as follows:(i) Impressions of audiences on each video recorded "Musume-Dojoji" were evaluated. (ii) Each motional expression was recorded by the motion capture. This time, we got results of SD method by multidimensional scaling method and correlation analysis for the position coordinates of motion capture data. We examined connection of impression evaluation and the movement analysis for the Nihon Buyo.
