The encounter of computer tools and the art of dance: the development of the visual perception by life forms and Forsythe's CD-ROM

To see and imitate a dance movement is a very complex work even for a professional dancer: there are too many processes involved, such as "perception," "learning" and "memory", which are not yet fully understood in the latest scientific researches. This paper focuses on only the visual perception of dance movements: the very first step of these processes. The author presents several possibilities in order to improve the visual perception of dance movements, by means of computer tools.