Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between motion kinematics or dynamics and the impressions produced in dancing. The structure of subjective impressions for dance motions with no regular rule of operation was investigated using Okinawan dance "Kachaasii". First, the questionnaire method and the principal component analysis were adopted for investigation of the mental structure of the dance. The direction, the ratio of quadrature axis and vertical line, the sum of acceleration, range of angular variation of fingure top, wrist or elbow were discussed.
