Hacker News with Generative AI: Dance

Study of cockatoo Snowball suggests humans aren't the only ones who can dance (news.harvard.edu)
New research starring YouTube sensation Snowball the dancing cockatoo spotlights the surprising variety and creativity of his moves and suggests that he, and some other vocal-learning animals, may be capable of some of the kind of sophisticated brain function thought to be exclusively human.

Animals, Science, Research, Behavior, Dance

26 points by wallflower 5 days ago | 37 comments

Savoy Style vs. Hollywood Style: A Fight to the Death (Hopefully?) (2011) (wordpress.com)
As a professional dance instructor in the time of COVID-19, my income for at least five months of the year has been erased. If you read this article and find it useful or thought provoking, please consider a donation. You will be *literally* helping support an artist, and have my sincerest gratitude.

Dance, COVID-19, Arts, Income, Support Artists

36 points by Tomte 62 days ago | 31 comments

Fine-tuning a vision model to recognize break dance power moves (bawolf.com)
I’ve been looking for a way to combine software engineering with my break practice and stumbled upon the idea of fine-tuning a vision model on power moves.

Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Dance, Breakdancing

7 points by bryantwolf 79 days ago | 3 comments

'Headspin hole': an overuse injury among breakdancers (casereports.bmj.com)
This case report focuses on ‘headspin hole’, a unique overuse injury in breakdancers caused by repetitive headspins.

Dance, Injuries, Breakdancing, Case Studies, Sports Medicine

12 points by bookofjoe 136 days ago | 2 comments

Dance training superior to physical exercise in inducing brain plasticity (2018) (plos.org)
Animal research indicates that a combination of physical activity and sensory enrichment has the largest and the only sustaining effect on adult neuroplasticity.

Neuroscience, Research, Dance, Physical Activity, Brain Plasticity

325 points by Tomte 155 days ago | 195 comments

Documenting Dance: Keeping Score (2017) (wordpress.com)
There are many things in life that I’m not proficient at. One is learning languages. Another is dance. So, you can imagine how interesting this past week has been. (Sidenote: I’m aware it’s been well over a week. This post has been in my drafts for so long, guys, I’m sorry. Every time I thought I was ready to publish, I found out something new!)

Dance, Documentation, Personal Writing

111 points by mont_tag 181 days ago | 26 comments

Male dance moves that catch a woman's eye (2010) (royalsocietypublishing.org)

Dance, Human Behavior, Gender, Science, Relationships

27 points by bookofjoe 245 days ago | 24 comments

A New Kind Of Dance Science (combinatorics of social dancing) (zacksdancelab.com)

Dance, Science, Social Interaction

83 points by nullsub 260 days ago | 47 comments