Over 100 million retired women in China engage in dance, but their performances are constrained by limited resources and age-related decline. While interactive dance technologies can enhance artistic expression, existing systems are largely inaccessible to non-professional older dancers. This paper explores how interactive dance technologies can be designed with an age-sensitive approach to support retired women in enhancing their stage performance. We conducted two workshops with community-based retired women dancers, employing interactive dance and LLM-powered video generation probes in co-design activities. Findings indicate that age-sensitive adaptations, such as low-barrier keyword input, motion-aligned visual effects, and participatory scaffolds, lowered technical barriers and fostered a sense of authorship. These features enabled retired women to empower their stage, transitioning from passive recipients of stage design to empowered co-creators of performance. We outline design implications for incorporating interactive dance and artificial intelligence-generated content (AIGC) into the cultural practices of retired women, offering broader strategies for age-sensitive creative technologies.
翻译:中国有超过一亿退休女性参与舞蹈活动,但她们的表演常受限于资源匮乏和与年龄相关的机能衰退。尽管交互式舞蹈技术能够增强艺术表现力,但现有系统对非专业的年长舞者而言大多难以企及。本文探讨了如何以年龄敏感的设计方法构建交互式舞蹈技术,以支持退休女性提升其舞台表演水平。我们与社区退休女性舞者合作举办了两场工作坊,在协同设计活动中采用了交互式舞蹈和基于大语言模型的视频生成探针。研究发现,年龄敏感的适应性设计——例如低门槛关键词输入、动作对齐的视觉效果和参与式脚手架——降低了技术壁垒并培养了创作主体意识。这些功能使退休女性能够赋能其舞台,从舞台设计的被动接受者转变为赋能的表演共创者。我们概述了将交互式舞蹈和人工智能生成内容融入退休女性文化实践的设计启示,为年龄敏感的创意技术提供了更广泛的策略。