An attempt at tagging dance moves so that I can train a model to recognise them.

Classes

Generally classes are named $move-$count-$direction (for example swingout-4-east) where:

$move is the name of a common move that is like/is structured like what they are doing (it isn't always what they're actually doing). If it's a common move then it will have a short $move, and if it's the performers messing about then it might have a long name. I have probably called a bunch of things "swingout" when they should be called "sendout" or something. I need someone to check my working.

$count is approximately how far through the move we are (pretending that the move was stretched out to an 8 beat bar). I've found that 7, 8, 1 and 2 of a swingout are really tricky to tell apart, so my plan is to train a model that gets these confused, and then add a layer on top that keeps track of things across time, and use that to improve my dataset.

$direction describes the direction of the follow relative to the lead at the end of the move (if it's a swingout). North is away from the camera, west is to the left of screen, east is to the right of screen, and south is towards the camera.

There are far too many classes for the size of the dataset, I suspect.

Current status

I only tagged a single performance so far, and only 1fps. I need to tag more, then train a model, then do some assited tagging

Links to external resources

Currently taking videos from "All Star Draw" (previously "All Star Jack and Jill") finals, because they are the most natural and fun to watch.

Contribution and labeling guidelines

Please get in touch on facebook or twitter if you want to help.