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vr.tr.dance · thing-q11639

Let an agent handle dance by style, tradition, context and practitioners, with respect for cultural and ritual dance.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.ACT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Style Which dance.

Name and style

Style.

Style

The style.

  1. Which dance style is this? definition
  2. Where does it come from? provenance

Features

Steps and music.

Features

Defining features.

  1. What are its characteristic steps and music? definition
  2. How is it notated or taught? definition
Context Where and why danced.

Occasion

Social, ritual, stage.

Occasion

Occasion.

  1. On what occasions is it danced? definition
  2. Who takes part? definition

Meaning

Cultural significance.

Meaning

Significance.

  1. What cultural or religious meaning does it carry? definition
  2. Are there restrictions on who may perform it? boundary
Practice Learning and performing.

Learning

Teaching.

Learning

How it is learned.

  1. How is it learned, and where? action
  2. What level of fitness is needed? boundary

Safety

Injury prevention.

Safety

Injury prevention.

  1. What injuries are common, and how can they be prevented? action
  2. Is the floor suitable? boundary
Heritage and rights Preservation and ownership.

Heritage

Safeguarding.

Heritage

Heritage status.

  1. Is this dance recognised as intangible heritage? provenance
  2. How is it safeguarded? definition

Rights

Choreography.

Rights

Rights in choreography.

  1. Who holds rights in this choreography? provenance
  2. Is permission needed to perform it? boundary

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
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Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.ACT

What it is Filled

The art and activity of moving the body rhythmically, usually to music, for expression, social interaction, ritual or performance.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle dance by style, tradition, context and practitioners, with respect for cultural and ritual dance.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Rhythmic movement as an art or activity
  • Social, ritual and theatrical forms
  • Styles tied to cultures and eras
  • Also a physical activity with health effects

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present a sacred or ceremonial dance as entertainment against its community's wishes.
  • Record or publish people dancing without their consent.
  • Claim a traditional dance as someone's invention.
  • Encourage dancers to train through injury.

Only with a human decision

  • Publishing recordings of ritual dances.

May

  • Describe dances, their origins and styles from cited sources.
  • Help a person learn steps they asked to learn, at their own pace.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Many dances are sacred or carry a community's identity.
  • Dancers' bodies are their livelihood; injury and pressure on body image are real harms.

Who is affected

  • Dancers
  • Communities whose dances they are

Owners Filled

Steward

The tradition that holds it; for a choreographed work, the choreographer holds the rights.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q43099500 - registry parent class
  • Q747883 - registry parent class

related

  • performing art and physical activity - dual nature
  • music - accompaniment
  • intangible cultural heritage - some forms
  • party and festival - occasions

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.dance
  • Wikidata: Q11639 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11639)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Rhythmic movement, often to music
  • Style features in steps, posture and costume
  • Notation such as Labanotation for recording
  • People moving to music, alone, in pairs or groups, on stages, streets or in rituals.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • dance and learn it
  • teach and choreograph it
  • perform and watch it
  • document and preserve it

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Injuries from overuse or falls
  • Cultural appropriation of sacred dances
  • Unsafe floors

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Copyright in choreography
  • Venue safety rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Expression, celebration, social connection, ritual and exercise.
  • social and folk dances
  • ballet and contemporary dance
  • ritual and religious dance
  • street and club dance
  • competitive dance sport

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q11639: dance - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Dance - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should dance styles be separate entries?
  • How should ritual dances be treated respectfully?
  • How should choreography rights be recorded?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q11639/spec.json