【Music】Article four: 'Digital music and critical music literacy'
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digi... [more]
The Society of Music Analysis report indicated that digital music often sits uncomfortably within a curriculum where the main focus is on the non-digi... [more]
Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Kore... [more]
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...
A Tunisian youth movement, Dancers Citizens South (DCS), founded on 31 May 2015, encourages young people to find agency in their communities by creati...
At the 1987 World Figure Skating Championship, Katarina Witt skated to instrumental music from West Side Story playing the role of Maria. But how could her performance to Broadway show tunes be in line with SED ideology? Through histoire croisee- establis
Migration can be conceived as one of the strongest and remarkable signifiers in order to describe the distinguishing features of human beings in the present scenario. With the rapid increase in industrialisation and urbanisation, thousands and thousands o
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture for Meige's syndrome II. Methods: Fourteen patients of Meige's syndrome II were treated with acupuncture. The acupoints included bilateral Taichong ((sic)LR3), Sanyinjiao ((sic)SP6), Taixi((sic)
What is the cause of body movement? Is it only physical? Is it pure will? In her performances, Ola Maciejewska slightly shifts the terms of these questions which particularly concern contemporary living arts. By adapting the use of a specific accessory -
This article seeks to illuminate questions of mental health in tertiary-level musical theatre training. Professional performing artists, students of singing, dance and acting, as well as undergraduate university students are all at greater risk of mental
Background: Cardiac surgery is a common interventional procedure for ischemic and valvular heart disease. Cardiac surgery is accompanied by postoperative pain and anxiety. The use of music therapy has been shown to reduce pain, anxiety, and physiological
Music perception and appraisal is very poor in cochlear implant (CI) subjects partly because ( musical) pitch is inadequately transmitted by the current clinically used sound processors. A new sound processing scheme (F0mod) was designed to optimize pitch
With all the music that is available for instrumental performance in the schools, the music of Thailand is under-represented. Yet Thailand has a rich instrumental tradition. This article focuses on the possibilities of adapting the Thai mahori and kruang
This article examines how exotic dancers strategically use music in two exotic dance clubs in the New England area. Music functioned as a form of resistance for dancers in three ways: as a direct form of protest against owners, as a covert strategy of rea
Background: Music therapy is a potential non-pharmacological treatment for the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, but although some studies have found it to be helpful, most are small and uncontrolled. Methods: This case-control study was
The Isikhumbuzo Applied History Unit (IAHU) of Rhodes University History Department specializes in innovative methodologies for bringing historical information closer to non-academic audiences. The National Research Foundation of South Africa funds the re
In the past 70 years, certain kinds of Indian dance have been read as classical or aspirational, especially when performed by or associated with Hindu/high-caste people and in cosmopolitan spaces like Chennai or San Francisco. Inversely, certain dancers a
The musical Kismet opened on Broadway in 1953. This commercially successful play, translated into a film version released two years later, included some of Jack Cole's most widely viewed and popular choreography, which resulted in the exposure of Bharata
J. M. Coetzee's 2016 novel The Schooldays of Jesus has since its publication stirred up quite a controversy for its minimalist style and the far too arcane theme, with some going so far as to disparage it as an unimportant bore. Building upon the signs o
Aim. This paper analyses the inherent paradoxes of Jewish-Polish relations. It portrays the main beliefs that construct the contradicting narratives of the Holocaust, trying to weigh which of them is closer to the historic truth. It seeks for an answer to