How do movement and sound combine to produce an audiovisual aesthetics of dance? We assessed how audiovisual congruency influences continuous aesthetic and psychophysiological responses to contemporary dance. Two groups of spectators watched a recorded dance performance that included the performer’s steps, breathing, and vocalizations but no music. Dance and sound were paired either as recorded or with the original soundtrack in reverse so that the performers’ sounds were no longer coupled to their movements. A third group watched the dance video in silence. Audiovisual incongruency was rated as more enjoyable than congruent or silent conditions. In line with mainstream conceptions of dance as movement-to-music, arbitrary relationships between sound and movement were preferred to causal relationships in which performers produce their own soundtrack. Performed synchrony Granger caused changes in electrodermal activity only in the incongruent condition consistent with “aesthetic capture.” Sound structures the perception of dance movement, increasing its aesthetic appeal.

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当代舞蹈中声音和动作的视听美学

运动和声音如何结合产生舞蹈的视听美学？我们评估了视听一致性如何影响对当代舞蹈的持续审美和心理生理反应。两组观众观看了录制的舞蹈表演，其中包括表演者的脚步，呼吸和发声，但没有音乐。舞蹈和声音按照记录或与原始音轨反向配对，因此表演者的声音不再与他们的动作耦合。第三组沉默地观看了舞蹈视频。视听不符比同等或沉默的条件更令人愉快。与主流舞蹈概念一样，即“从运动到音乐”，声音和动作之间的任意关系胜于因果关系，在因果关系中，表演者会产生自己的音轨。进行的同步Granger仅在与“美学捕获”相符的不一致情况下引起皮肤电活动的变化。声音构成了对舞蹈运动的感知，增加了其美学吸引力。