February 14, 2007

Dance Videos Go Mobile

We are about to see a huge increase in the use of portable devices for the playback and recording of dance videos.

Many cell phones, MP3 players, portable game consoles and other devices now integrate small video screens and allow users to make video recordings of anything they wish.

Here's an overview of some of the main ways that mobile video will be used by dancers:

1) More dance performances will be videotaped - with or without the permission of artists. And this video will end-up instantly on YouTube and other video sharing sites. The challenge of stopping unauthorized videotaping will increasingly be a problem since you can't always tell whose making a recording in the first place.

2) It will become a simple process to record video with a cell phone and then send the video to video sharing and social networking sites within seconds.

3) With the increase in portable media devices, more and more dancers (professionals, students, social dancers, teachers and others) will always have their favorite dance videos with them so they can show to friends and colleagues.

4) Or, as wireless Internet connections continue to improve in speed and reliability, streaming video files to portable devices will become more convenient.

5) Many more rehearsals and works-in-progress will be recorded for study by choreographers and dancers, and for posting online.

6) With the increase in online dance videos, it will be easier for choreographers to download videos related to their current project for study and analysis. In addition, choreographers can then playback these downloaded videos from their portable media devices to share with dancers.

7) Hot dance trends will spread faster than ever since people at clubs and other dance venues can easily videotape new moves and share them with people around the globe.

8) There will be experimentation with porting dance instruction videos to small mobile screens. It will take time to figure out the optimal way to create these instructional videos for limited screen spaces.

9) As more people shoot dance videos and upload them to video sharing sites, social networking sites and topic-specific forums, it will become relatively easy for fans of any and all dance styles to find the types of videos - performance, social dancing or instructional - that they're looking for.

10) The quality of video playback and recording for portable devices will improve significantly over the next 12 months. This increase in video quality will mean that dance videos can effectively be outputted to different devices including computer monitors, HD TVs and other screen types.

11) Video editing tools will be built into portable media devices. But in many instances, users will just shoot video and either upload it or share with friends without any or much editing.

12) Many students of ballroom, belly dancing and social dances will bring a portable video recorder to videotape routines taught during class so that they can master them outside of class.

13) Portable video will make it easier and more likely than ever before that dance styles from around the world will be integrated and mixed with each other to create new types of dance.

14) Choreographers/producers of video dance works (dance on camera) will make their films available for small screen devices.

15) Dance companies, instructors, video dance creators and others will experiment with different models for selling their videos - for mobile devices and PC playback - at low-cost via the Internet.

16) Dance students at colleges and universities will not go to class or rehearsal without a portable video recorder and a lot of time will be spent analyzing and editing these videos.

17) Performing arts venues, theaters and festival organizers will make better use of dance videos to promote upcoming performances, and these marketing videos will be available for small screen video players.

18) As a result of more videos created with mobile recording devices, new web-based information sources will arise. Eventually we will see a dedicated wiki-like application that includes thousands of organized links to all forms and styles of dance from the past and present. Plus, social media sites will be built around dance videos that people will share, recommend and rate.

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