'The Seven Claps' of Quan-Zhou Chest-Clapping with Motion Capture

This paper focuses on the motion capture method of the certain variety of South China traditional folk dance, Quan-zhou Chest-clapping. The authors used Vicon Motion Capture system to capture the motion of “the seven claps”, the basic form of Quan-zhou Chest-clapping Dance, and optimized the capture procedures and acting standards for the clapping and certain motions’ capture. To process the motion data , the authors used the Motionanalysis system to obtain the six degrees of freedom of certain basic dance motions, by measuring the motions’ maximum and minimum values of linear displacements and angular displacements on axis X ,Y and Z. Based on the measuring results of the motions’ degrees of freedom, the authors further discussed the quantification of motion course and developed the integrate exclusive motion capturing assessment criteria.