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A Poem in a Medium Not of Words: Music, Dance and Arts Education in Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan
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Pritchard, Matthew – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2014
In light of recent attempts to defend the role of the arts in education against the effects of policies based on utilitarian principles, this paper examines the arts educational writings and practical projects of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) at Santiniketan in West Bengal, showing how they were motivated by a Romantic and Upanishadic philosophy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Dance Education, Art Education
Dance Education Matters: Rebuilding Postsecondary Dance Education for Twenty-First Century Relevance and Resonance
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Risner, Doug – Arts Education Policy Review, 2010
Postsecondary dance education is at a crucial juncture in its history in academe. Emerging from women's physical education programs in the 1930s, the profession's realignment with the arts broadly and arts-based education specifically has been characterized by ambitious goals and steady growth through the 1990s. However, a number of critical…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Dance Education, Liberal Arts, Relevance (Education)
Moving Lessons: Dance in Higher Education.
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Ross, Janice – Liberal Education, 1994
Despite its relatively recent introduction as part of a liberal arts curriculum, dance education is beginning to be recognized as a serious discipline that fosters a more diversely developed mind and the ability to look critically at cultural symbols. (MSE)
Descriptors: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Cultural Awareness, Dance Education