【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]
【Music】Music-making for music teacher identity: perspectives from novice music teachers in South Korea
Music teacher identity is constructed at the intersection between musician and teacher. This study investigated the meaning of music-making among Kore... [more]
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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...
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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...
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The concept of choreography in the midst of change
From examples on the context of contemporary dance in Sao Paulo, in a dialogue with other Brazilian and foreign corners, especially in the USA and Europe, we focus on updating the concept of choreography, no longer understood as repeatable fixed sequences
Lumbopelvic movement control in contemporary dancers: A multiple case study
The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate lumbopelvic movement control in professional dancers and to discuss its potential meaning for dance technique, performance, and dance-related injuries. Lumbopelvic movement control was approached from
Tele-Media-Art: Feasibility Tests of Web-Based Dance Education for the Blind Using Kinect and Sound
Tele-media-art is a web-based asynchronous e-learning platform, enabling blind students to have dance and theatre classes remotely, using low-cost motion tracking technology feasible for home use. Teachers and students submit dance recordings augmented wi
Moving Towards Wellness in Long-term Care: Considerations for Dementia-Associated Aggression
Dementia is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative condition expected to affect over 13 million Americans by 2050 (Mitchell et al. in N Engl J Med 361:1529-1538, 2009) and 132 million individuals worldwide (Prince et al. in Alzheimer's Res Ther
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS OF DIABETIC AND/OR HYPERTENSION PATIENTS
The training of the dance students must comprise the learning of rhythmic elements from the numerous class experiences. The methodological approach on rhythmic teaching, usually employed, is based on the musical score and quantitative measurement of its c
Being there: creating music-making opportunities in a childcare centre
In this case study of the impact of professional development (PD) activities in music on staff at a childcare Centre, the researcher was also the provider of PD. The needs of the staff and their preferred mode of PD delivery were negotiated with the resea
Music during bronchoscopic examination: the physiological effects - A randomized trial
Background: Patients scheduled for bronchoscopic procedures are often anxious and frightened. Reduction in the state of anxiety during an invasive procedure may prevent some possible complications. Music has been proposed as a safe nonpharmacological anti
Sparse representations of polyphonic music
We consider two approaches for sparse decomposition of polyphonic music: a time-domain approach based on a shift-invariant model, and a frequency-domain approach based on phase-invariant power spectra. When trained on an example of a MIDI-controlled acous
Italians and music. Financescape, ideoscape and mediascape
This article explores the reasons why Italian contemporary musical life is generally considered to be below the standards set by other European and overseas countries, a situation that is all the more striking when the contrast with Italy's glorious musi
The move to artist-led on-line music distribution: A theory-based assessment and prospects for struc
New forms of digital distribution are dramatically transforming market structures in the recorded music industry value chain. We propose a model and theoretical perspective that take account both of the music industry's traditional value chain and distri
Achilles tendon disorders in professional dance Part II: Eccentric strength training as a therapeuti
The tendinopathy of the Achilles tendon is one of the most frequent overuse injuries in professional dance. Numerous options are available for treatment. Eccentric strength training is one of the recognized and accepted movement-oriented options within th
Depressive symptoms among dance artists in South Korea: balance between self- and social identity on
Background: The balance between self- and social identity on job value of Korean dance artists, considered as performing artists, was measured to investigate the relationship between balance and depressive symptoms. Methods: Data of 139 dance artists were
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY: TRIAL AND ERROR OF AN ERRATIC STATE CULTURAL POLICY
On the 40th anniversary of the Spanish National Dance Company, the present article analyzes its first decade of existence, then known as National Classical Ballet. This institution was a product of the democratic transition and of the foundation of the cu
Dance, music and cultures of decolonisation in the Indian Diaspora: towards a pluralist reading
Decolonisation is a creative process, as well as a historical and political one. This article outlines key issues in researching the creative processes of decolonisation with reference to dance and music in the Indian Diaspora. It begins with Gandhi's '
Bodies That Cannot Listen
This is a brief reflection on the consequences of the commodification of dance cultures from the former colonised world and the ways they are consumed in Europe. Inspired from ten years of fieldwork, the ethnic structuring of postcolonial dance floors in