Dance Choreography Driven by Swarm Intelligence in Extended Reality Scenarios: Perspectives and Implications

Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) foster creativity in all its forms. In particular, with the advent of extended reality (XR), we have witnessed an explosion of once unimaginable artistic creations and products, one above all the Metaverse. Dance and the process of creating dance choreography can benefit from the use of these new technologies, but so far little has been done in this regard. This paper provides an overview of the existing literature on the use of AI tools in combination with XR technology within the artistic context of dance. Furthermore, we propose new application scenarios that involve human interactions mediated by XR technologies. In particular, we focus on dance choreography performed by artificial agents driven by Swarm Intelligence mechanisms, and we discuss the perspectives and potential implications for both artificial and human creativity through the integration with XR.