Automatic Generation and Teaching of Dance Lessons from Video

Developing physical motion skills is an essential and empowering aspect of the human experience, and dance learning in particular has been shown to be widely useful with benefits ranging from promoting socioemotional learning in children [3] to increasing motivation and curiosity in college students [2] and improving quality of life for patients with Parkinson's disease [5]. Yet human dance instructors are expensive and electronically available guided dance instruction often requires a subscription. Many dances are shared on video-first social media sites such as TikTok and now Instagram, however a limitation to expanding access to dance instruction is the human effort that must be put into creating high quality dance tutorials.