【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 with children in the field: on the relevance of embodied knowledge and its methodological co
In contexts where dancing proves a relevant daily practice, dancing with children may provide an extremely interesting strategic option for education ethnographers. Drawing from my empirical material, I describe how dancing was accidentally introduced as
Achilles tendon disorders in professional dance Part I: classification, symptoms and prevalence
In professional dance the Achilles tendon in the area of the ankle in particular is subjected to strong mechanical stress. The characteristic elements of movement favor the development of malfunctions or overloading of the Achilles tendon. Chronic Achille
Stillness in Dance/Movement Therapy: Potentiating Creativity on the Edge and in the Void
Creativity, at times, flows freely amongst individuals. However, at other times, creativity waivers on the edge of meaning and nothingness. This manuscript explores Eastern and Western philosophies associated with void, the thin line between dialectical p
Consumption of non- steroidal analgesics in dance teachers
BackgroundPain in the musculoskeletal system is afrequent accompanying symptom in dance teachers (DT). It cannot be excluded that risky behavior is important in order to compensate for these negative stress consequences.AimThe aim of this study was to ana
Rehearsing floor-based clinical practice: mapping Mental Health in Primary Care in interface with da
This article describes a study that, by taking dance as an intercessor, brings clinical practice in Mental Health into play in primary care. In a family health clinic, clinical practice in Mental Health is destabilized and invited to dance. A psychologist
The effect of music on preoperative anxiety in day surgery
Aim. This paper reports a study to test the hypothesis that day surgery patients who listen to music during their preoperative wait will have statistically significantly lower levels of anxiety than patients who receive routine care. Background. Although
Performing identities: music and dance in the Irish communities of Coventry and Liverpool
This article will examine how British-born second- and third-generation Irish people use Irish music and dance in the production of an Irish cultural identity. The article draws on research undertaken with members of the Irish communities in the English c
Experimental comparison of the psychological benefits of aerobic exercise, humor, and music
The effects of aerobic exercise, humor, and music on the state anxiety and affect of healthy women were investigated by using a 'within participants' design. Twenty women were tested four times at weekly intervals. They were exposed to four 20-minute tr
The rewards of music listening: Response and physiological connectivity of the mesolimbic system
Although the neural underpinnings of music cognition have been widely studied in the last 5 years, relatively little is known about the neuroscience underlying emotional reactions that music induces in listeners. Many people spend a significant amount of
Perception of phrase structure in music
Neither music nor spoken language form uniform auditory streams, rather, they are structured into phrases. For the perception of such structures, the detection of phrase boundaries is crucial. We discovered electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephal
GENERATE SPACES OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH A COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICE AND ARTISTIC RE
This experience of performative research is based in the educational practice between lecturers and students of dance and drama from the higher art education centers (Dantzerti de Bilbao, CSDV y ESADV) that have lived the artistic recreation of a contempo
Dynamic hip kinematics during recreational classical ballet and hula dance after total hip arthropla
Background: The in vivo assessment of the three-dimensional kinematics of the hip during dance activities in patients after total hip arthroplasty has not been previously reported. We evaluated the replaced hip kinematics during recreational classical bal
DRUGS AS PART OF THE PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE DANCE PARTY
The aim of our paper is to analyze the position the psychedelic trance subculture takes on drug use and whether it applies to prescriptive regulatory systems on drug-taking. A qualitative field research strategy was adopted with the use of semi-structured
Square dancing A multimodal analysis of the discourse in the People's Daily
Square dancing, guangchangwu in Chinese, is a kind of physical activity practiced in flat public spaces for fitness and entertainment. Despite its popularity all over China, there have been news reports on conflicts caused by it, such as noise pollution o
HUMAN FIGURE DRAWING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF EVALUATION OF CREATIVE DANCE IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER&
We are presenting a case study of an 89-year-old woman diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease with a moderate-to-severe degree of cognitive deterioration. To conduct the study, the DAP-IQ test (Reynolds & Hickman, 2004) and the HTP test (Buck 2008) were used