La santé en danse contemporaine : un itinéraire en zone trouble by Sylvie Trudelle, Sylvie Fortin, Geneviève Rail

“…A large majority of dancers must manage health problems affecting the course of their professional activities, to the point of ending their career prematurely. …”
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Benefits of dance for the health and well-being of youth: comparison with athletes and sedentary. by Celia Marcen, Susana Monserrat-Revillo, Esther Martínez-Domínguez

“…To this end, this preliminary research juxtaposes a cohort of young dancers with athletes engaged in other sporting activities and a control group of sedentary young people. …”
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Increased Insular Connectivity and Enhanced Empathic Ability Associated with Dance/Music Training by Li Gujing, He Hui, Li Xin, Zhang Lirong, Yao Yutong, Ye Guofeng, Lu Jing, Zhou Shulin, Yang Lei, Luo Cheng, Yao Dezhong

“…Previous behavioural studies have reported that dancers/musicians show a better sensorimotor ability and emotional representation of others. …”
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La représentation de la musique et de la danse dans les œuvres de Post et Wagner : une archéologie des musiques noires au Brésil by Jean-Pierre Estival

“…Frans Janzsoon Post, responsible for the painting of landscapes, villages and their inhabitants, often represented Black drummers accompanied by a few dancers. Here, we attempt to define a recurrent motif in the corpus of these works, belonging to the Dutch Golden Age. …”
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Measurement tools in the assessment of body image in the dancing context: a systematic review by Natalia Fraga-Pena, Marta Bobo-Arce

“…Primary studies of any design and language were eligible if they assessed body image in adult dancers.  Results: Eighty-eight studies were included. …”
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Development for Multisensor and Virtual Simulator–Based Automatic Broadcast Shooting System by Wonjun Lee, Hyung-Jun Lim, Mun Sang Kim

“…After developing a stage using the simulator, during rehearsal, dancers’ movements are acquired using UWB and two-dimensional (2D) LiDAR sensors. …”
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Analysis of the Mechanical Characteristics of the Basic WALK Step in Rumba from a Kinematic Perspective by Yu Wu

“…Methods: Five professional dancers and five amateur students participated in video recordings using two JVC cameras. …”
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Faire, défaire, refaire les lignes by Laura Fléty

“…This article examines a spatial experience: the nature, form and stakes of a “choreographic system”, that is to say the way in which dancers organise themselves and move about during a performance. …”
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Cakalele Dance: Religious and Social Ethics in Islamic and Environmental Education by Abdullah Latuapo

“…From the elaborate costumes to the formation of the dancers, and the specific dance movements, it conveys a profound connection to Islamic religiosity and ethical values prevalent within the Banda coastal community. …”
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Neutrophil Migration and Adhesion Molecule Expression after Acute High-Intensity Street Dance Exercise by Leandro Borges, Alexandre Dermargos, Stuart Gray, Maysa B. Barros Silva, Vinicius Santos, Tania Cristina Pithon-Curi, Renata Gorjão, Elaine Hatanaka

“…The physical demands of street dancing may result in inflammation and changes in leukocyte numbers/function, impairing the health of dancers. Herein, we investigated the effect of street dancing on inflammation, adhesion molecules, and neutrophil function. …”
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Movement Competency Screen: Rethinking the Rating by Justine Benoit-Piau, Mélanie Morin, Christine Guptill, Sylvie Fortin, Nathaly Gaudreault

“…# Background Dancers are at high risk of musculoskeletal disorders. …”
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Balance Error Scoring System Performance Differences in Figure Skaters Based on Discipline by L. Colby Mangum, Andrew Skibski, Luk Devorski, Lindsay Slater

“…Tandem on a firm surface also showed an increase in errors for ice dancers and pairs skaters compared to singles (p\<0.001). …”
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Coordinating multiactivity transitions in dance rehearsals: spatial configurations and instructional practices by Maximilian Krug

“…The research uses multimodal conversation analysis to examine the spatial configurations and interactional practices of a professional choreographer and two nonprofessional dancers. The analysis reveals how participants create activity transitions, mobilize resources, and maintain continuity across activities, emphasizing the crucial role of spatial positioning and timing in managing transitions. …”
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Understanding dance and its non-human agency in Ekman’s “A Swan Lake” by Martina Cayul

“…Drawing on Barad’s (2003) concept of intra-action and Bennett’s (2010) notion of thing-power, it explores water as an active agent that transforms the dancers’ techniques and somatic experiences. The first act parodies the legacy of Swan Lake, blending irony with scientific insights into swan behavior. …”
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« Danser la relation » by Marie Mazzella di Bosco

“…In them, dance is a tool for constructing special relational modes: through the body in motion, subtle interpersonal negotiations are at play, underlying broader relational issues that prove to be fundamental if one pays attention to the accounts and actions of the dancers. In a brief ethnography of the gestures, postures and sensory perceptions at work, this article analyses how danced interactions are induced, begun, developed and interpreted, thus shedding light on the nature of these relational modes proper to dance.…”
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Yeats et le mélange des genres : du texte à la scène by Pierre Longuenesse

“…This project transforms dramatic writing process into the creation of a multiform object, in which the issue of the drama is brought out by the tension between opposite medium : theatre on the one hand, singing, dance, tale on the other hand… This exploration involves Yeats into original collaborations on stage with composers, musicians, and dancers. In short, those manifestations of an artistic « hors-champ », far from  threatening the drama, become on the contrary the core of its expression, as a new power is, on stage, devoted to the Verb : the extra-ordinary power to arise the pneuma of singing as well as the rhythm of the dancing body.…”
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The beauty of sorrow: by V. Tendenan

“…Lastly, the Ma’badong dance affirms that God is present in the dancers’ sorrow. This article presents the Ma’badong dance as a profound theological aesthetic, where sorrowful movements become beautiful, facilitating remembrance of self, others, and God. …”
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Determining the Relationship between Lower Limbs Strength Parameters and Balance in 5-8-Year-Old Children Practicing Dance by D. Chilom, A. Mateescu, C. Mihaiu, C. Moga, M.F. Grigore

“…In this regard, establishing the relationship degree between lower limb strength parameters and balance in 5-8-year-old dancers depends on the number of negative correlations, especially between average deviation parameters.…”
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Going Through the Motions: American Bodies in Pharrell Williams’s “24 Hours of Happy” by Claude Chastagner

“…This article analyzes the strategies chosen by the dancers to represent “happiness” and raises several questions: on what basis has the selection of moves and facial expressions been made? …”
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Mujeres en el ballet: maestras, bailarinas y productoras en Guadalajara by Cristina Castellano

“…It uses, as a case study, the participation of producers, teachers and dancers from Guadalajara (Mexico) who made an ambitious ensamble of Swan Lake in a natural space. …”
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