1. Alex Lee, Jeremy Marcelo, Melinda Wang, Sarina Wu
Let’s Dance!
Alex Lee, Jeremy Marcelo, Melinda Wang, Sarina Wu
Problem Domain: helping dancers capture ideas and feedback
Alex ‘21, SymSys
Jeremy ‘19, CS
Melinda ‘20, CS
Sarina ‘19, CS

2. WE FIRST MET... WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE...
Kevin, the founder of OnOne Dance Studios and an experienced dancer
WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE...
that he isn’t able to capture inspiration as it strikes him throughout his busy day
IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
enable him to capture his inspiration no matter when or where it strikes him

3. Additional Needfinding Interviews: Dancers

4. Joan Chen, Director of Alliance Streetdance
Listens to a song for ~a week, does large sections at a time, records after every session
General feedback is ineffective, specific feedback is hard to come by
Logistical pains with auditions
Joan Chen, Director of Alliance Streetdance
Joan: regularly deals with feedback, cleaning
Sophia: choreography
classically trained in jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, hip-hop

5. Sophia Barton, Dancer for Dv8
Listens to a song for ~a week, does large sections at a time, records after every session
General feedback is ineffective, specific feedback is hard to come by
Logistical pains with auditions
Joan Chen, Director of Alliance Streetdance
Watches dance videos, looks for songs that speak to her, needs a mirror
Feedback from choreographer during her last performance made a huge impact
Joan: regularly deals with feedback, cleaning
Sophia: choreography
classically trained in jazz, tap, ballet, contemporary, hip-hop
Sophia Barton, Dancer for Dv8

6. Arjun Arora, Former Leader of XTRM
Kpop dancer who found cleaning and giving feedback to be hardest aspects
Frustrated by needing to help individuals due to time taken from group practice time
Arjun Arora, Former Leader of XTRM
Arjun: Kpop dancer: focus on matching styles
Leilani: professional dancer, outside hip-hop and urban

7. Arjun Arora, Former Leader of XTRM
Kpop dancer who found cleaning and giving feedback to be hardest aspects
Frustrated by needing to help individuals due to time taken from group practice time
Arjun Arora, Former Leader of XTRM
Drawn to ballet’s appeal of constant challenges
Creativeness of ballet leads to freedom of motion
Finds visualizing formation changes while blocking choreography particularly difficult
Arjun: Kpop dancer: focus on matching styles
Leilani: professional dancer, outside hip-hop and urban
Leilani Tian, Professional Ballerina

8. Sunny Wu, Former Viennese Ball Steering Committee Member
Social dance background, recently attended a hip-hop dance workshop
Experience was isolating
Wanted more “personalized, individual feedback”
Hindered by large group setting
Sunny Wu, Former Viennese Ball Steering Committee Member
Sunny: social dance background with feedback

9. First POV

10. WE MET... WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE... IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
Sophia, a dancer on a collegiate, Bay Area hip-hop team
WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE...
that individual feedback is effective, but difficult for the choreographer to provide
IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
have every dancer receive quality, specific feedback

11. get the dancers to see their mistakes more efficiently
HOW MIGHT WE...
get the dancers to see their mistakes more efficiently ?
Solution 1: Visually tracking an individual’s performance of a dance and pointing out their differences from a video of the choreographer.

12. Prototype 1: Matching Dance Styles with Feedback
Assumption: Pointing out physical differences in dances would help synchronization
Set-Up:
1 ‘choreographer’
1 ‘student’
1 ‘app’

13. Prototype 1: Matching Dance Styles with Feedback
Before
After

14. Prototype 1: Matching Dance Styles with Feedback
Results:
Significant improvement
Feedback was helpful
Validity:
Assumptions = correct, but body awareness a necessity to make changes

15. Second POV

16. WE MET... WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE... IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
Leilani, a ballerina in the Ballet Austin 2nd Company
WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE...
that she struggles with visualizing formation changes and blocking while choreographing
IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
provide a way for her to visualize formation changes in relation to the music

17. help the choreographer visualize dance with music
HOW MIGHT WE...
help the choreographer visualize dance with music ?
Solution 2: A front and top view app to create formations with circles and figures.

18. Prototype 2: Effectiveness of Visuals and Interaction
Assumption: digital eagle’s eye and front views of formations help choreographers
2 different attempts:
Traditional pen and paper
Place-markers & physical representations
Front view = extremely effective
Assumptions = correct in that these perspectives effectively assist choreographers

19. Third POV

20. WE MET... WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE... IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
Arjun, the president of a Kpop dance group
WE WERE AMAZED TO REALIZE...
how difficult it is to teach beginners to match moves because they didn’t have body awareness
IT WOULD BE GAME-CHANGING TO...
make it easier for new dancers to improve in dance execution

21. make learning to dance more like Just Dance
HOW MIGHT WE...
make learning to dance more like Just Dance ?
Solution 3: Virtual Reality environments and situations to practice dance moves.

22. Prototype 3: Translating Game Learnings to Dance
Assumption: Gamified dance practice leads to improved dance ability
Broke down dance into hitting pads
Simpler experience with a simple analogy vs. complicated analogy
Assumptions = correct, but only if it was tested; solutions have a limited reach

23. We Chose: Effectiveness of Visuals and Interaction
most exciting, impactful, and feasible idea
Prototype 1: Matching Dance Styles with Feedback
Smaller pain point, less possibilities for features and user interactions
Prototype 3: Translating Game Learnings to Dance
Limited amount of dances; require lots of testing for effective analogies + environments

24. Questions?