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Challenging gender stereotypes in dance and physical education: exploring body percussion as a neutral practice Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Silvia Garcías de Ves, Jose Vicente Beltran-Garrido
The history of dance has long been associated with women, creating stereotypical limitations for men in this discipline, particularly evident in Physical Education (PE) where teachers often feel un...
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Who is taking dance electives, when, and for how long? Adolescents’ dance participation and persistence in middle and high school Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Taylor V. Gara, Adam Winsler
Inclusive and equitable dance education practices remain an important issue in United States public school settings. We explore adolescents’ participation in public school dance electives through t...
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Development of artistic and imaginative thinking of the future choreography teacher in the process of professional training Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Anna Novosadova, Olena Luchenko, Yevheniia Filimonova-Zlatohurska, Yevheniia Pakholchak, Denys Kulyk
The relevance of the subject matter is conditioned by the fact that an important task of professional training of future specialists in the field of choreography is the development of artistic and ...
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The embodied nature of physical theater: artistic expression, emotions, interactions Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Maria Kosma, Nick Erickson, Ashlynn Gremillion
The nature of physical theater can facilitate understanding of the complex characteristics of embodied movement . Given also the scarcity of empirical studies in the area , the purpose of this qual...
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Augmented dance lessons for diaspora Indian older adults: examining the impact on adjustments, quality of life, and physical agility Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Samta P. Pandya
This article reports a study on the effectiveness of augmented dance lessons or dance lessons embellished with a meditation component, with diaspora Indian older adults in improving their cross-cul...
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Editorial Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Angela Pickard
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2024)
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Research Methodology in Education and Training: Postures, Practices and Forms Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Ade Hamka, Sardi Pranata, Arnie Perwita Sari, Endah Nur Amalina, Ardiana Sari
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 25, No. 1, 2024)
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Dancing with pain: agency through pain worlds Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Emma Meehan
This article examines a series of qualitative interviews with seven dance artists in the UK who make dance works with and about their own chronic pain. It integrates research from dance studies (on...
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What’s in a name? Identifying and positioning the Teaching Artist within the Australian Arts education landscape Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Avril Huddy
This paper investigates the naming conventions and identities of practitioners working within Australian Arts education with a view to test the suitability of the term Teaching Artist, an identity ...
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Lower extremity characteristics and postural alignment in young pre-professional dancers Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Polina Smirnova Avsiuk
Lower extremities (LE) play a fundamental role in ballet technique, yet they are not often assessed as thoroughly as other areas of the body in the youngest pre-professional dancers. The aim of thi...
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Editorial Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Angela Pickard
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 4, 2023)
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The effects of dance movement therapy for children with Autism spectrum disorder Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Liliana Scatozza, Pamela J. Bryden, Paula C. Fletcher
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social/communication challenges and restrictive or repetitive behaviours. While motor challenges are not c...
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The effects of strength and balance exercises on the center of pressure and plantar pressure distribution in adolescent ballet dancers Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Yağmur Arınlı, Gökhan Umutlu, Zekai Pehlevan
We aimed to examine whether the changes in neuromuscular strength indices and balance affect the gait patterns of five fundamental ballet techniques performed on a single leg after 8-weeks of stren...
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Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Aalaya Milne, Michael Atkinson, Gretchen Kerr, Ashley Stirling
The purpose of the research was to explore competitive dancers’ experiences of harm in the dance environment with a focus placed on dancers’ social identities. Limited attention has been given to i...
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‘I guess you just have to deal with it’: pre-professional ballet dancers’ experiences of pain, injury, and social support Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Vanessa Paglione, S. J. Kenny, W. Bridel, M. H. McDonough, M. Araujo
Pre-professional ballet dancers are at high risk for musculoskeletal injuries, some of which are not reported and are self-managed by dancers themselves. Understanding the decisions that adolescent...
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Toward a salsa dancing hegemony: dancing-with Laclau with-Derrida Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Joshua M. Hall
In the present article, the first section recapitulates my ‘figuration’ philosophy of dance, the ‘dancing-with’ interpretive method derived therefrom, and my previous application of figuration to s...
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Effect of different teaching methods (reciprocal and shelf-check TS) on learning and performance of traditional Greek dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Athina Pitsi, Nikolaos Digelidis, Filippos Filippou
This study investigated the effect of reciprocal, self-check, and command TS on the learning and dance performance of Greek traditional dances. A total of 128 university students, were divided into...
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Cultural violence: feminist power analysis on Ronggeng performing art Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Sylvie Meiliana
Ronggeng performing art is preserved as one of Indonesian cultural heritages. However, this art is negatively stigmatized and associated with liquor, gambling, and prostitution. Through the novel R...
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Modern strategies for dance teacher performance management at dance colleges on the example of Central China Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-09-18 HuiTing Ren
The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of innovative management strategies on dance teacher performance. The target group in this study consisted of dance teachers and associated man...
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Editorial Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Angela Pickard
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 3, 2023)
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The creative body memory in Covid’s time: a participatory pedagogic methodology with site-specific dance and performance in urban places Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Ana Moya Pellitero, Guillermo Vidal-Ribas Belil
ABSTRACT Given the social circumstances arising from the COVID-19 health crisis, we developed a participatory pedagogic methodology involving body experimentation and performing arts to explore ‘body memory’ as a tool for redefining new affective bonds and adaptation processes within urban environments and public spaces. This experimental methodology, addressed to community participation, involves
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‘Parky goes Techno!’: developing the possibilities and probabilities – Parkinson’s, music and the dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Diane Connell, John Connell
ABSTRACT The unique feature of our journey is the real-life 24-7 experiences of Parkinson’s, rather than the snapshot of what is the focus of some research. The story captures achievements and differences which can be made to people’s lives. Our now new friends. (N=10) who live with and without Parkinson’s join virtually to become involved in the dance and physical activity sessions. The findings highlight
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Correlates of dispositional flow and emotional intelligence: an exploratory study with ballet dancers Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-07-02 Ana Costa, Alexandra Martins, Luísa Faria
ABSTRACT This work explored the dynamics of trait emotional intelligence (EI) and dispositional flow in a sample of ballet dancers since research on these topics is scarce in the artistic domain. This study analyses whether EI correlates and predicts flow experiences and whether dancers’ experience influences their levels of EI and flow. One hundred and fifty-two Portuguese ballet dancers, mostly females
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Student-centred learning and dance technique: BA students’ experiences of learning in contemporary dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-06-29 Irene Velten Rothmund
ABSTRACT This article investigates the characteristics of BA dance students’ learning experiences in contemporary dance techniques, discussed in relation to teaching approaches in a continuum between teacher-centring and student-centring. The empirical material consists of 11 students’ logbooks and interviews. The results elucidate the complex connections between the student’s learning activities,
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An analysis on the cultural contexts of Bɔsoɛ as an endangered Asante traditional dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Ronit Akomeah, S. Kquofi, H. B. Essel, E. A. Asante
ABSTRACT The Asante people of Ghana bear rich and distinct cultures, which help place the nation on the globe. Albeit, a number of traditional dances as an aspect of Asante culture have been endangered or are getting endangered due to them not being well communicated within their cultural contexts to audiences, their dance elements being less known and less performed. This study was therefore conducted
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Hidden communication codes in flamenco dance choreography Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Irene Baena-Chicón, Sebastián Gómez-Lozano, María R. Fernández-Falero, Olaia Abadía García de Vicuña, Alfonso Vargas-Macías
ABSTRACT Flamenco dance is emblematic of southern Spain. Its performance uniquely combines dancing, singing, and guitar playing. Improvisation differentiates it from other dances and this requires communication codes so that performers remain synchronised. The communication codes are: ‘llamada’, a signal to start singing; ‘remate’, for ending a section; ‘subida’, for speeding up the rhythm; and ‘desplante’
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Relationship between muscular imbalance and pelvic posture during araimandi in Bharatanatyam dancers Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Bhargavi Gopalan
ABSTRACT The thigh, hip and lower back have been common sights of injuries in Bharatanatyam dancers. The study investigates the relationship between muscular activity levels of the leg and pelvic posture during araimandi. Electromyography(EMG) and postural analysis were used to measure the activation in three selected muscle groups(Quadriceps, Hamstrings and Gluteus Maximus) and the pelvic posture
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Highlights of Digital Technologies Application for Choreography Teaching: The Case of Kazakhstan Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-06-06 Samal A. Bakirova, Toigan O. Izim, Lyudmila A. Nikolayeva, Gulnara Yu. Saitova
ABSTRACT The global challenges of our time embody a powerful impetus for implementing digital solutions in the educational systems of different fields and levels. Of particular interest here is choreography teaching, which encompasses a set of traditions and principles. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the importance and effect of using innovative pedagogical solutions with respect to choreography
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Editorial Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Angela Pickard
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 2, 2023)
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‘Kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola’: navigating dance pedagogies in technologically less advanced African environments during the COVID-19 pandemic Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Alfdaniels Mabingo, Gerald Ssemaganda
ABSTRACT The Covid-19 pandemic impacted dance practice in African communities, which at the time were still grappling with building technological infrastructure and resources to advance dance education, research, scholarship, and practice. How did the dance teachers and students in environments with less developed information and communication technological (ICT) infrastructure in African countries
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Health promotion among dance students in higher education: a qualitative investigation of experiences and perceptions of health and wellbeing Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-05-14 Anastasia Paschali, Liliana S. Araújo
ABSTRACT Experiences, perceptions, and definitions of health and wellbeing (H&W) were explored among 10 dance students (six women, four men; mean age = 21 years ±1.26) in higher education (HE). A qualitative case study was conducted using semi-structured interviews, including questions on lifestyle, health provision, and environment. Inductive thematic analysis revealed that dancers defined H&W as
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A Transnational Legacy: André van de Plas and International Folk Dancing in Australia Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Jeanette Mollenhauer
ABSTRACT Each week in Australia, hundreds of people attend classes in international folk dancing (IFD), eagerly learning and practising dances from around the globe. The existence of FDA and the popularity of IFD must be accorded to André van de Plas from The Netherlands, who visited Australia every year for over three decades. This article examines the practice of IFD in Australia, analysing recreational
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Expanding and resisting - choreographing relations through performative stop-moments as an emerging choreographer-researcher-teacher in dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-05-12 Mari Flønes
ABSTRACT In this article I inquire into choreographic-pedagogic stop-moments, identified through bodily felt intensities and affects, in the Bird project. The Bird project was a collaborative dance project that took place in an elementary school in Norway in 2020, where, as a choreographer-researcher-teacher, I cooperated with the teachers and pupils in the third grade. I bring out my own doubts and
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Of rhythm and movement: physical play and dance as (participatory) sense-making practices Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Carolien Hermans
ABSTRACT Drawing on the enactive account and the 4E’s approach to cognition, we discuss here how both physical play and dance improvisational practice can be seen as (participatory) sense-making processes. In this article, we will specifically focus on children’s physical play and dance improvisation since both activities are open-ended, creative and call immediate attention for the kinetic/tactile-kinesthetic
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Doing dance research in pandemic times: fostering connection and support in a 7-step online collaborative interview analysis process Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-04-12 Pirkko Markula, Allison Jeffrey, Jennifer Nikolai, Simrit Deol, Stephanie Clout, Corinne Story, Pari Kyars
ABSTRACT Over the past two years, our global dance community has faced many challenges while coming to terms with a health crisis that drastically altered home and working lives. In this article, we focus on how dance scholars can work collaboratively during extended periods of isolation. We begin by overviewing the drastically altered environment of dance education during pandemic, then direct our
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‘Listening is done by using all the senses’ a study of how dancers create, communicate and perceive a choreographed dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Maria Calissendorff, Susanne Jaresand
ABSTRACT This article presents results from a project on dance and music with 16 dancers at different levels of experience who worked with a choreographer for an upcoming performance. The focus was on the participating dancers’ perceptions of how they, through improvisational models, created movement in small groups, communicated these dance sequences to each other and how they perceived these instructions
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“The show must go on!” dance talent development in the context of coping during the COVID-19 pandemic Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Howie J. Carson, Wendy M. Timmons, Florence Lebrun, Christine Nash, Dave Collins
ABSTRACT Psychobehavioral skills are acknowledged as useful for coping within talent development pathways, but the idiosyncratic nature of challenge experienced across individuals makes it hard to evaluate their use and efficacy. This study aimed to explore the impact of a generic stressor, the COVID-19 lockdowns, on dancers within a talent development pathway. We were interested in how dancers were
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How are choreographers educated? The need for more choreographic programs in South Korea Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-04-08 Na-ye Kim
ABSTRACT South Korea has 33 dance departments in tertiary education institutions around the country, with only one of the schools having a choreography major. This study endeavours to bring awareness to the value and necessity of choreography education in nurturing creative choreographers for the dance industry in South Korea and to reject two assumptions: 1) choreographers are born and not made, and
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Masculinity, intersectionality and identity: why boys (don’t) dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Chris Marlow
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 3, 2023)
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Theoretical-conceptual structure of the knowledge base for teaching dance in initial training in physical education Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Allana Alencar, Amândio Braga Santos Graça, Rui Resende, Juarez Vieira Do Nascimento
ABSTRACT The knowledge base required for teaching includes pedagogical content knowledge, whose purpose is to integrate student knowledge, content, context, and the general pedagogy to transform the content into teachable knowledge that is tangible and understandable for the students. That considered, this essay intends to propose a theoretical-conceptual framework for the knowledge base for teaching
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Creative dance studies in elementary schools: a systematic search and a narrative review Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Elisavet Konstantinidou
ABSTRACT This is a systematic search and a narrative review of school-based Creative Dance (CreaDa) programs and intervention studies in elementary education. Advanced searches with PRISMA methodology resulted in 19 eligible studies, which were further analyzed based on the GREET checklist criteria. The main categories of the extracted data were the description of programs and interventions, their
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Negotiating dance academia and parenting: a conversation between colleagues and friends Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Dara Milovanović, Darby Wilde
ABSTRACT This article aims to reveal the challenges of working mothers in dance academia in respect to balancing of teaching, service, administration, and research demands and parenting of young teens. Through a conversation, the authors aim to find solidarity in our similar situations in different geographic locations by exchanging ideas regrading practicalities and demands of dance academia in relationship
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Editorial, special issue: dancing, parenting and professional challenges Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Ali Duffy, Doug Risner, Angela Pickard
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2023)
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Parenting, Roma feminism, and dance: cultivating an egalitarian dance-research environment Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Rosemary (Rosa) Kostic Cisneros
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the working relationship between the director of an HE institute in the UK, and an artist-researcher navigating the higher education dance working environment and motherhood. The paper draws on personal experiences, sections labelled vignettes that highlight a tension faced by the individual and reflects on how the director of a HE institution in the UK facilitated egalitarian
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Surfing the raging sea: pregnancy and motherhood in dance during a pandemic Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Ali Duffy
ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant people and mothers in the United States have faced untenable conditions as they grapple with simultaneous professional and personal demands without access to adequate financial, career, or caregiving support. These simultaneous demands are not new to women, but the pandemic set inequities between working mothers and childfree workers and between women
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Dancing into maternity: the lived experiences of Vietnamese professional dancers Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan, Linh Thi Thuy Pham
ABSTRACT The image of dancing into the spotlight alludes to glamor, which clouds the artists’ back-breaking work and practice. Meanwhile, there is scant research on the lived experiences of professional female dancers. To address this gap, this study explores the lived experiences of eight Vietnamese professional female dancers who are married with children. The findings reveal their enormous challenges
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Dancing Across the Lifespan - Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, co Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Wendy M Timmons
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2023)
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The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Edward C. Warburton
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 24, No. 1, 2023)
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Professional contemporary dancers becoming mothers: navigating disrupted habitus and identity loss/evolution in a UK context Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Angela Pickard, Anna Ehnold-Danailov
ABSTRACT There is a paucity of research into female-identifying dancers as parents, how the transition from dancer to pregnancy to parent is managed, and whether and how a dancing parent can maintain a career in dance. This paper shares findings from a qualitative interview study with (n = 30), predominantly female professional contemporary dancers that have become parents and are working within the
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‘Promoting wellness, having fun, and creating community’: a dance instructor’s pedagogical practices and perspectives on the influence of community dance classes for older adults Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Vanessa Paglione, J. Magrath, M. H. McDonough, C. Din, S. J. Kenny
ABSTRACT Canada’s aging population highlights the critical need to identify physical activity programming that has the potential to positively contribute to one’s aging journey. Dancing is one type of physical activity that can offer the opportunity to be with others, move to music, and encourage creativity and personal expression. Dance instructors may influence older adults’ experiences with, and
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Israeli high school dance studies programs as a catalyst for professional development in the field of dance Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Talia Perlshtein, Rachel Sagee, Nimrod Smilanski Fridman
ABSTRACT This study examines the professional developmental process of high school students in Israel who chose dance as an enhanced subject. Dance is recognized as a field of study for matriculation exams taken before graduation, along with programs in math, physics, history, literature, and other traditional subjects. Online questionnaires were sent to students in the fifty-four existing programs
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Learning self expression through dance; a case study of adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Yael Barak-Levy, Heidi Flavian
ABSTRACT Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) typically have difficulties developing social skills and understanding the behavioral norms expected of them. As mainstreaming continues to expand, and many adolescents with ASD are integrated into regular schools, their education focuses on social and academic skills relevant for school life, but these are not sufficient for day-to-day functioning
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Health-related components of physical fitness and adiposity indicators: a comparative study among Kathak dancers and non-dancers of North India Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-12-28 Monika Kulshreshtha, S. L Malik, Shivani Chandel
ABSTRACT The present study aims to do a comparative analysis of health-related components of physical fitness and adiposity levels between Kathak dancers and non-dancers. Participants included 206 female Kathak dancers and 235 physically active controls, ages 18–45 years. Participants performed handgrip strength test and modified push up test for assessing upper body muscular strength and endurance
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Mind-body: Positive psychological effects of adult ballet education Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-12-04 Jungsuk Kim, Sookwang Choo
ABSTRACT This research aimed to investigate adult ballet education in Korea by observing its relationship with positive psychology attributes. Participants included 230 adult females who received over three years of adult ballet education with the Vaganova Method, which highlights artistry. The questionnaire in this study related to how ballet education pertains to the positive psychology of Seligman
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The influence of teaching styles on the emotions of university students in dance lessons according to sex Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-11-23 Rosa de Las Heras-Fernández, María Jesús Cuellar-Moreno, María Espada Mateos, Juana María Anguita Acero
ABSTRACT Choosing a Teaching Style is an important decision which affects the different elements of teaching, as well as the students, both men and women. Consequently, this study aims at determining the differences that exist in the emotional intelligence skills in learning dance depending on students’ sex, analysing the preferences for the Command Teaching Style or for the Problem Solving Teaching
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Editorial Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-11-18 Angela Pickard
Published in Research in Dance Education (Vol. 23, No. 4, 2022)
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Community dance for preschool teachers’ training during pandemic: an art-based research Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-11-14 Eleni Tsompanaki, Konstantinos Magos
ABSTRACT This research is part of a postdoctoral research on early childhood teachers’ training, through community dance, in the midst of pandemic. The aim was to discover and utilize creative approaches remotely, due to the confinement established as a measurement for the pandemic, in Greece. Art-based research was used as methodology, in order to allow creative practices and multimodal formats to
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Dancing as searching with Deleuze – a study of what students in physical education teacher education express and experience in creative dance lessons Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-11-11 C. Engdahl, S. Lundvall, D. Barker
ABSTRACT Physical education (PE), and specifically the teaching area of dance, has been identified as an important pedagogical setting within which young people develop creativity. Creativity is thus an important aspect of schooling. Several studies have suggested however, that dance is seldom taught in PE in ways that acknowledge creative aspects of movement learning, and that students in physical
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Dance as a tool for managing emotions. A systematic review Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-11-11 Laura German-Molina, Daniel Caballero-Julia, Maria Cuellar-Moreno
ABSTRACT Nowadays, in a society where the rate of mental health issues and imbalances is increasing, dance is acknowledged as a tool for emotional management. This study aimed to carry out a systematic review of the scientific articles published on dance and emotions, to analyse their themes and evolution. This review was carried out by the statistical analysis of textual data and their means, using
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Decoding community engagement in dance with systems thinking Research in Dance Education Pub Date : 2022-11-08 Wen Guo, Casey Avaunt
ABSTRACT Private dance studios exist outside the scope of K-12 institutions in the United States and serve students within their local communities. Many of them strive to benefit underrepresented groups fthrough community engagement initiatives. This mixed-method study scrutinizes the various community engagement practices of private dance studios through a grounded theory approach to investigate the