When using this resource, please cite Wallace, B., Nymoen, K., Martin, C.P & Tøressen, J. DeepDance: Motion capture data of improvised dance (2019) (version 2.0). Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.5838178 Abstract This dataset comprises full-body motion capture of improvised dance as well as corresponding audio files. 30 dancers were recorded individually, improvising to six different audio files. The motion was captured in units of mm at 240Hz using a Qualisys infra-red optical system. The experiment was carried out at the University of Oslo in October 2019. For each dancer, 3 performances are recorded for each musical piece, resulting in 540 1-minute motion capture files. The dataset was collected for use as training data in deep learning for motion generation. This dataset also includes MATLAB code to visualize the motion capture files. Music Skarphedinsson, M. Wallace, B. (2019). “Song a” Skarphedinsson, M. Wallace, B. (2019). “Song b” Skarphedinsson, M. Wallace, B. (2019). “Song c” Skarphedinsson, M. Wallace, B. (2019). “Song d” Skarphedinsson, M. Wallace, B. (2019). “Song f” LaClair, J. Bounce. Jesse LaClair, (2018) Referenced here as “Song e” Data Description The following data types are provided: Motion (marker position): Recorded with Qualisys Track Manager and saved as tab-separated .tsv files. Stimuli: audio .wav files containing 1 minute of the tracks described above. MATLAB script for animating the tsv files. (requires the MoCap Toolbox) Note: Recordings which contained errors such as missing markers have been replaced by subject 001. Acknowledgements This work was partially supported by the Research Council of Norway through its Centres of Excellence scheme, project number 262762. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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