FormationCreator: Designing A VR Dance Formation System for Intangible Cultural Heritage Dance

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) dance refers to traditional dance forms and practices that are recognized as part of a community s ICH, which is a living heritage. However, due to the decrease in the number of dance forms and inheritors, the urgency to protect this particular dance form has become imminent. The formations in dance play a crucial role in conveying the meaning of the dance. In this paper, we research 10 ICH dances in Yunnan Province, summarize their characteristics, and propose a dance formation choreography system by voice, FormationCreator. The dance formations are expressed parametrically through voice in our FormationCreator, allowing for a more flexible definition and reproduction of these formations. Our research seeks to offer initial insights and fresh design concepts for the field of virtual choreography.