【Dance】Archives of the Dance (28): Chisenhale Dance Space
This contribution to the 'Archives of the Dance' series explores Chisenhale Dance Space's collection and my work with it as a PhD researcher. My re... [more]
【Dance】Dance matters: dancing in Tunisia
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati... [more]
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Dance and political engagement in the works of Pro-Posicao group: a panoramic view on the dance of S
As a fragment of the research carried out in 2012, in the doctoral thesis entitled Mediatic cartography: the body and media in the construction of memory of dance, this article presents historical relations between the emergent dance in Sao Paulo in the 1
Social dancing to prevent falls in older adults: a control case study
Introduction: Brazil is in a period of transition in which an accelerated process of aging is presented, which poses multiple challenges to the country. Therefore, it is essential to develop public policies to address health for older adults. This study a
Dancing the rainbow nation as it bleeds: the Surialanga Dance Company in post-apartheid South Africa
This article analyzes the work of the Surialanga Dance Company of Durban, South Africa, which debuted at Nelson Mandela's inauguration in 1994. Inspired by Mandela's vision of intercultural harmony and created through sustained engagement with Zulu cult
DANCE AND PHOTOGRAPHY: A THEME ON THE RISE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS
Dance and photography have always been related, but the impact that these photographs have on social networks and in the personal evolution of the future dancers, is an unknown world. In particular, Instagram is a very dynamic and easy to use social netwo
A not so silent communication in the teaching of dance: attending to words in tango classes in Bueno
Bourdieu's claim that sports and dances are acquired through silent, body-to-body communication has often been adopted as the starting point for ethnographic research. As a consequence, anthropologists have assumed that the disciplines of human movement
Dance movement psychotherapy for couples (DMP-C): systematic treatment guidelines based on a wide-ra
A new body of knowledge, growing out of the clinical and research fields, has been developing in recent years in the area of dance-movement psychotherapy for couples (DMP-C). Formulation of an intervention protocol based on a systematic review of theories
The Impact of a Ballet and Modern Dance Performance on Heart Rate Variability in Collegiate Dancers
Heart rate (HR) variability (HRV) is a useful tool for assessing cardiac autonomic function and identifying potential readiness to perform in athletic populations, but has yet to be investigated in dance populations. As such, HRV may be able to provide va
Senses of the dance: conceptions of students of physical education
The purpose of this study was to analyse the process of appropriation of dance content by students of a degree in Physical Education, from the investigation of a process of pedagogical intervention. This research was carried out with a qualitative approac
Embodied attunement: a dance/movement therapy approach to working with couples
Attachment theory is well-recognised for understanding and treating adult love relationships. Neuroscientific research highlights the implicit process of attachment and the unconscious, nonverbal, bodily-based, and affect-regulating interactions of the ri
Using Wittgenstein's Philosophy to Erase Conceptual Misconceptions in Dance Practice. A Fourfol
A fourfold use of Wittgenstein's later philosophy in order to tackle fundamental conceptual misconceptions in the domain of dance practice is proposed: the extension to dance of the insights of his remarks on other arts, the application to dance instruct
Research on Dance Teaching Mode Based on Flipped Classroom in the Internet +Age
The development of Internet technology has injected new impetus into the reform of education, and also posed new challenges to the traditional teaching mode. In recent years, as an extension of educational informationization, the flipped classroom has dev
TORTOLA VALENCIA, THE PERFORMER: HER ACTIONS BETWEEN DANCE AND OFFSTAGE PERFORMANCE ART
The aim of this paper is to highlight the figure of the mysterious dancer Tortola Valencia as a person-performer who inserts a (proto)performatic dance into everyday life. As an alternative to the dances performed on the stages -La Maja (Albeniz), The Dan
Decolonising human exhibits: dance, re-enactment and historical fiction
This article focuses on decolonising exhibition practices and colonial archives. It begins with a survey of literature on nineteenth-century colonial exhibitions and world's fairs as a cultural practice and the complicity of academic disciplines such as
Walking as site dance: Choreography and conflict in Tel Aviv
This article emerges from my experiences of 'moving and being moved' on a recent trip to Tel Aviv. The focus is on an exploratory practice as research project, grounded in two conflicted sites - my body and Israel/Tel Aviv - and framed as compositional
WHO BUYS THE AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT?
The purpose of the research was to examine the profile of the national Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) visitor. It explored the demographic profile, the buying behavior, the communication activity, and the motivators behind visiting ADE. A quantitative method