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Longley, Alys; Kensington-Miller, Barbara – Research in Dance Education, 2020
Dance holds a unique place in academia. The creative, embodied, collaborative activities typical to dance learning offer fresh insight to cross-disciplinary literature on the graduate attributes -- both visible and 'invisible' -- all graduates from a given institution are expected to hold. This article presents findings from the research project…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Graduates, Teaching Methods, Teacher Student Relationship
Kearns, Lauren – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2017
The curriculum of preprofessional university degree programs in dance typically comprise four components: theory and history, dance technique, creative process, and performance. This article focuses on critique in the modern dance technique and choreography components of the dance curriculum. Bachelor of Fine Arts programs utilize critique as a…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Teaching Methods, Criticism, Educational History
Ophir, Hodel – Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 2016
Through an ethnographic study of dance teachers in Israel, this article calls attention to the teaching body as an active social agent and introduces the concept of body signature. It examines the bodily comportment of three dance teachers, arguing for embodied education ideologies, and the ability of teachers to maneuver within these concepts and…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Movement Education, Ideology
Kohn Bradley, Karen – Journal of Dance Education, 2016
Dance educators will be pleased to know that there is new legislation at the federal level that supports arts education. Seven years after Congress was due to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (also known for eight + seven years as No Child Left Behind [NCLB]), the lawmakers, suddenly and surprisingly, came through with a new…
Descriptors: Art Education, Federal Government, Dance, Dance Education
Fostervold Mathisen, T. F.; Sundgot-Borgen, C.; Anstensrud, B.; Sundgot-Borgen, J. – Research in Dance Education, 2022
A high frequency of mental health challenges and injuries in professional dancers necessitate a better understanding of the complexity of such symptoms, and to explore differences according to sex, academic year and performance levels. Professional dance students were recruited to evaluate symptoms of depression and anxiety (SCL-10), resilience…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Depression (Psychology), Anxiety, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Ritchie, Ashleigh; Brooker, Fiona – Research in Dance Education, 2018
With Higher Education moving toward a student as consumer model, the future of dance in this context requires a more collaborative and innovative approach. One way to achieve this is to find new teaching methods that use class time in a more meaningful way. This qualitative research project used a guided and cognitive-specific imagery intervention…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Dance Education, Ethnography, Imagery
Fortin, Sylvie – Research in Dance Education, 2018
Different types of dance initiatives are being designed for people across their entire lifespan, and implemented in a wide range of health and well-being settings. The aims of these initiatives are to improve their physical and mental conditions. Research on the use of dance for health and well-being is also rapidly gaining momentum which suggests…
Descriptors: Well Being, Health Promotion, Feminism, Foreign Countries
Richards, Jacqueline A.; Weller, Gordon – Work Based Learning e-Journal International, 2019
This paper contributes to understanding the power of participating in work-based doctoral research after a fulltime career. It explores ways in which active older people choose to participate in "creative dance" activities and how this may benefit them. It draws upon the first author's experiences in using her leadership, management,…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Dance, Creative Activities, Leadership
Reinders, Nicole J.; Bryden, Pamela J.; Fletcher, Paula C. – Research in Dance Education, 2019
Dance -- created by a moving body over space and time -- creates space for non-verbal communication and self-expression. Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder may particularly benefit from the use of their bodies to convey their needs and desires. This research presents the experiences of individuals involved in two recreational dance programs…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Students with Disabilities, Autism
Klein, Traci – Journal of Dance Education, 2018
Instructors in higher education arts programs have a responsibility to promote active citizenship and to encourage their students to use the creative arts as a vehicle for positive social change. However, in dance curricula, incorporating these concepts can be challenging, given the long history of structured technique pedagogy and the specific…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Dance, Dance Education, Community Involvement
Duffy, Ali – Research in Dance Education, 2015
This paper argues that Liz Lerman's and Larry Lavender's approaches to mentoring student choreographers denote a shift in the philosophy of choreographic mentorship in higher education, because they reflect current concerns in critical pedagogy. My particular interest is in the relationship established between student artist and educator when a…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Mentors, Dance, Higher Education
Mortimer, Kristie – Teaching Artist Journal, 2017
This article utilizes interviews with three teaching artists to interpret their lived experiences of teaching dance classes within New Zealand prisons. Prison environments and prison cultures create a multitude of challenges, such as the physical environment itself, social dynamics and hierarchy, and interaction and relationships with incarcerated…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons
Chua, Joey – Research in Dance Education, 2017
This ethnographic case story aims to illuminate the instructional practices and decisions of an exemplary ballet teacher, Minna Stenvall at the Finnish National Opera Ballet School. Minna is considered to be exemplary in her field because she received the Best Ballet Pedagogue Award in 2014. Spurred on by the literature on the significant role…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
Dania, Aspasia; Tyrovola, Vasiliki; Koutsouba, Maria – Research in Dance Education, 2017
The aim of this paper is to present the design and evaluate the impact of a Laban Notation-based method for Teaching Dance (LANTD) on novice dancers' performance, in the case of Greek traditional dance. In this research, traditional dance is conceived in its "second existence" as a kind of presentational activity performed outside its…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Experimental Groups, College Students
Schupp, Karen – Arts Education Policy Review, 2017
This article examines students' choices in a postsecondary dance major curriculum where students selected to study one or more of five dance practices (African and Diaspora Movement Practices, Contemporary Ballet, Movement Language Sources, Postmodern Contemporary Dance, and Urban Movement Practices) each semester along with required coursework…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Movement Education, Creativity