“Changes in perceptions of time in experiences of music and dance”International symposium on music, slow motion, and the perception of time

28 November 2019, by Peter Kröninger

Photo: pixabay/DimitrisDoukas

The “SloMo” project is investigating the significance of slow motion for dance and how it is perceived.

The European Research Council funded project, “Slow Motion: Transformations of Musical Time in Perception and Performance/SloMo” examines slow motion stylistic devices in films and dance performances —to explore what effect this has on the audience’s perception of time. One symposium highlights the theories and methods of current research.

Taking place on the 29 and 30 November at the Institute of Systematic Musicology, the symposium will investigate how watching human movement distorts the perception of time, and on rhythmic interaction in dance in the form of synchronization, coordination, and timing. A detailed program is available online (PDF). The video provides an insight into the SloMo project: