An Analysis Methodology on Emotion of Korean Traditional Dance Using a Virtual Reality System

The purpose of this paper is to analyze a method of evaluating the change of emotion expressed in the Korean dance. Our research is based on three conditions on experiments. First, experimental dance should be Korean traditional dance. Second, an educational program should be developed for maximizing the immersion so that the emotion could be expressed well. Finally, the quantitative interpretation through feature extraction is needed to prove the efficacy of this program. This paper suggests not only the methodology of emotion analysis but also effective educational program to improve traditional dance instruction. Furthermore, this paper is distinctive with previous researches on general emotion since this paper focuses on analyzing native emotions of Koreans through traditional dance, which holds Koreans´ unique emotions.