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Steps, Style and Sensing the Difference: Transmission and the Re-Contextualisation of Molyneaux's Traditional Set Dances within the Irish Traditional Dance Competitive Arena
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Foley, Catherine E. – Research in Dance Education, 2020
In this paper, I examine the re-contextualisation of particular versions of solo traditional set dances from the region of North Kerry, Ireland, by teachers and step dancers of competitive step dancing for competition. These set dances, namely the Blackbird and Saint Patrick's Day, were choreographed by Jeremiah Molyneaux, the last of the…
Descriptors: Dance, Competition, Dance Education, Rural Areas
Experiencing, and Being Experienced As, Learning Disabled Choreographers in the West of Ireland
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Parry, Rachel – Research in Drama Education, 2017
Speckled Egg Dance was established in Galway, Ireland, in 2013, to facilitate opportunities for learning disabled dance artists to develop semi-professional dance skills and independent choreographic practice. The company aims to contest normative perceptions of learning disabled dance ability, and to make learning disabled dance aesthetics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Dance, Dance Education
What? Me? Teach Dance? Background and Confidence of Primary Preservice Teachers in Dance Education across Five Countries
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Russell-Bowie, Deirdre E. – Research in Dance Education, 2013
In primary schools across many countries, dance is now included within the arts key learning area with its own outcomes and content. But as future teachers of dance and other art forms, how do preservice generalist primary teachers perceive their background and confidence in relation to dance and dance education? This study investigates the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Dance, Dance Education, Self Efficacy