【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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Dancing an Open Africanity: Playing with Tradition and Identity in the Spreading of Sabar in Europe
This paper describes one of the constructions of African identity that occur through the spreading of sabar in European cities. Basing on a multi-sited fieldwork between Dakar, France and Switzerland, this paper traces the local roots and transnational ro
Performance art strategy for tourism segmentation: (a Silat movement of Minangkabau ethnic group) in
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the strategy of performance art, especially Silat Movement (as a source and identity of traditional dance movement of Minangkabau ethnic group), as a marketing medium of tourism, especially in West Sumatera
THE NARRATIVE FLOW OF A DANCED VIRGINIA WOOLF: THE WOOLF WORKS BALLET
An enriched study as a result of involving literature and dance, lays on the conception of the latter as a narrative expression related to the literary. The movements transmit an emotion that becomes a story in the privacy of the spectator, since the body
Pastoral leadership as dance: how embodiment, practice and identity shape communities and their lead
'Dance' aptly describes the complex nature of spiritual leadership within faith communities, although it is rarely used. Three scenarios describe the embodied leadership of a priest, a preacher and a pastor as they literally stand in front of their cong
Dancing muses, roller disco and the phantasmagoric feminine: Reanimating Terpsichore in the movie mu
This article takes as its main focus Robert Greenwald's cult classic movie musical, Xanadu (1980). Reconsidering Xanadu's distinction as one of the most critically and commercially panned films produced in Hollywood history, my reading uncovers the ways
Effects of watermark and music on mobile message advertisements
The development of mobile telecommunication has made breakthrough advances in recent years. Compared to the Internet, mobile telecommunications has anywhere, anytime and always online characteristics. As growth in the Internet advertising market continues
The clinical effects of music therapy in palliative medicine
Goal: This study was to objectively assess the effect of music therapy on patients with advanced disease. Patients and methods: Two hundred patients with chronic and/or advanced illnesses were prospectively evaluated. The effects of music therapy on these
Toward a sociobiology of music
WE PROPOSE A CONTINUED EVALUATION of Darwin's suggestion that musical functioning is sexually selected, because of recent evidence on sexual dimorphism and its relation to potentially musical activities. We also propose specifically that music may enhanc
Keep music live: music and the alleviation of apathy in dementia subjects
Background: A recent Cochrane report concluded that more and better quality research is required to investigate the effectiveness of music therapy in reducing problems in behavioral, social, emotional and cognitive domains in patients with dementia. This
Music in dreams
Music in dreams is rarely reported in scientific literature, while the presence of musical themes in dreams of famous musicians is anecdotally reported. We did a systematic investigation to evaluate whether the occurrence of musical dreams could be relate
Dancing in and out of the archive
This article explores how the body of early twentieth-century dancer Carmen Tortola Valencia captured the imagination of diverse audiences in the decades up to the declaration of the Second Spanish Republic, drawing on testimonies by her contemporaries an
Dance with the devil: metamorphosis of an oral legend, from Italian culture found in Abruzzo to the
This article presents different oral versions, for the most part unpublished, on the Dancing With the Devil legend. The author tries to outline, through a comparative analysis, the sequences and motifs found in this type of legend. The topic variants and
The teaching of dance at school: confrontations and barriers to overcome
Dance is one of the most traditional socio-cultural manifestations present in the communities from the earliest days of humanity to the present days. Nonetheless, in the context of the education system, it faces many challenges in the scope of teaching an
Trauma and Restoration: An International Response-The 2018 ADTA International Panel
The 2018 ADTA International Panel presented the work of dance/movement therapists from around the world who are experts in implementing restorative methods and techniques that address the myriad psychological, emotional, and physical symptoms of those suf
FORMATIVE SPACE AND WORK TOOLS IN CLASSICAL DANCE: A PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION
In the world of dance in general and in classical dance in particular, space determines the borderline reality in which the dancer performs the most exact anthropotechnical practices and where the interpretive forces take place (also known as duende, arti