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59 lines
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# dance1 — motion description
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Kinematic description of the `dance1` clip (`dancegen/dance1.glb`, clip `Dance1`),
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derived by sampling world-space bone positions across the whole clip in Blender —
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not a subjective guess. Duration **30.0 s**, retargeted onto the Quaternius rig.
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## One-line read
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An energetic, **arm-forward** full-body dance: big symmetric sweeping arm gestures
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carry the performance, over busy footwork and pronounced level changes, while the
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whole body ranges around a ~1.2 × 1.7 m footprint. It never settles — continuous,
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flowing motion for the full 30 seconds.
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## What actually moves (path length over 30 s = how much a joint travels)
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| Rank | Body part | Travel | Read |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | **Both hands** | ~49–50 m each | The stars of the dance — huge, near-constant sweeps |
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| 2 | Forearms | ~32–33 m | Big arcs from the elbow reinforce the hand work |
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| 3 | Shins | ~25–26 m | Busy legs — steps, lifts, direction changes |
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| 4 | Upper arms / feet | ~18–21 m | Full-shoulder arm swings; active but grounded feet |
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| 5 | Head / spine / pelvis | ~16–17 m | Whole torso rides along — leans and level changes, not stiff |
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Hands move at roughly **1.7 m/s average** with constant direction changes, and each
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hand's reach spans ~1.7–2.5 m per axis — meaning full-wingspan sweeps that go both
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**high** (≈1.5–1.7 m vertical range) and **wide**. This is expansive, expressive
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upper-body choreography, not tight or contained.
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## Character traits
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- **Highly symmetric arms** — left/right hand travel matches at a **0.99 ratio**. The
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arm choreography is mirrored/synchronized, the hallmark of a choreographed or
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group-style routine (consistent with Polynesian dance vocabulary).
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- **Slight left-foot bias** — feet symmetry is 0.89 (left foot a bit busier), so the
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legwork isn't perfectly mirrored; there's a lead side.
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- **Big level changes** — pelvis vertical range is **0.94 m**. The dancer drops and
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rises a lot (deep bends / crouches into extensions), which gives the dance its
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dynamic, punchy feel rather than staying at one height.
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- **Travels the space** — pelvis moves over a **1.2 × 1.7 m** horizontal area (16 m of
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total travel), so it's not planted-in-place; expect stepping and repositioning.
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## Rhythm / tempo (caveat)
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Autocorrelation of the most-active joint's vertical motion peaks around **~205 bpm**,
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which is almost certainly the **double-time harmonic** of the real musical pulse —
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halving it gives **~100–103 bpm**, a lively mid-tempo. Treat this as approximate: the
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trustworthy tempo comes from the **source reference video's** music, not the retargeted
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motion. The `bpm: 100` in `dance1.json` is a hand-set placeholder that happens to land
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in the same neighborhood.
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## If scoring a song to it
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Aim for a **~100 bpm** groove with a strong backbeat and room for **sweeping,
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sustained phrases** (to match the long arm arcs) punctuated by **accents on the level
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drops** (the pelvis dips). Symmetric, repeating 4- or 8-bar structures will sit well
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against the mirrored, cyclic choreography. Confirm the real tempo against the source
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footage before locking it in.
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---
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*Generated 2026-07-15 from `exchange/converted-glb/dance1.glb` via Blender headless
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motion sampling. Method: per-frame world-space bone positions → path length, bounding
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range, L/R symmetry, and vertical-signal autocorrelation for tempo.*
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