Dancers often have difficulty remembering choreography they learn in a class or workshop. This project investigates strategies dancers can use to effectively learn and remember choreography so that they will be more likely to perform it correctly in t . . .

Dancers are a unique group of athletes that self-report moderate to high levels of FLOW while engaging in their activity (Thomson & Jaque, 2011; Thomson & Jaque, 2012a; Thomson & Jaque, 2012b); this has shown to be indicative of a subjective and posit . . .

The paper discusses a novel construct, “identity fluidity,” as an explanatory paradigm for both flow and dissociation, particularly in the context of dance. The author argues that flow and dissociation may be the result of a shared psychological pheno . . .

There are two parts to this thesis. The first part consists of the writing section which was research done for a live performance, while the other part consists of a performance based on the subject of the paper, which includes a documentary video of . . .

Dance Academy was a project developed to give children an opportunity to experience dance as an extracurricular activity imbedded into their school day. This six-week program involved a group of twenty 2nd grade students that met twice a week, on Tues . . .

There is limited research on dancers who begin to dance in their late teens and beyond. Most existing studies focus on the health benefits of dance, problems within dance education, and the marginalization of dance in society. However, they do not off . . .

Athletic trainers are trained and educated in the prevention, assessment, evaluation, and rehabilitation of injuries in the athletic population. Within the last twenty years, the interest in athletic trainers from the performing arts world has increas . . .

The author examined the relationship between physical activity history and injury records of 31 female dancers of various styles, ages 18-38, affiliated with a university department of kinesiology. Based on self-reported total hours of non-dance physi . . .

Abstract Contemporary Performance Artist Yang Liping's Regional Transculturalism by Gaoyingshan Feng Master of Arts in Theatre This thesis explores a contemporary Chinese performance artist, Yang Liping's work, including her dance theatre as well as n . . .

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study is to understand how dance, dramaturgy, aesthetic, and somatic practices are manifested in the daily work of educational leaders in dance. The study explored the art of leadership by investigating . . .