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Ramdhanie, Bob. "African dance in England : spirituality and continuity." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2005. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2600/.
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Between the 17th and 20th centuries, the British misunderstood African cultural practices and reported on those in derogatory terms. With other European nations they projected Africans as ‘savages’ without any cultural traditions and consistently devalued traditional African religions and dances. Those views have seeped into the psychology of the British mentality and specifically, may have negatively influenced African dance development in the UK. This thesis seeks to address those issues through a re-examination of the literature and a re-appraisal of Africa’s religions and dance forms. It will illustrate that in spite of he continuous attempts to decimate African cultural expression, Africa’s cultural practices survived and re-emerged in the Caribbean through slavery and through vibrate practice. The adaptation of the forms in their new environment, especially through adopting some aspects of Christian worship, nurtured alternative ways that later enabled the forms to find expression, as theatrical dance, in the UK. The thesis is informed by international field trips, through the use of video and Internet sources, from attendances at African and Caribbean cultural events, through a wide range of secondary sources and from interviews spanning over twelve years. It is presented in two main sections. section one includes the Introduction and chapters One and Two. The Introduction provides a backdrop of current issues in African dance development and chapters One and Two provide a framework of African cultural practice on the continent and in the Caribbean, indicating how European perceptions of the people and their practices skewed the truth. Chapters Three and Four provide a detailed account of African dance development over the past fifth years through the activities of performance companies and support agencies. Chapter Five investigates dance development in the UK, specifically focusing on the works of two London-based choreographers and exploring how their spiritually determines their practice.
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Kiddy, Paul. "Social dance and wellbeing : an ethnographic study of two folk social dance settings." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/2052839/.
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Sociable folk dancing in the UK is an organised group activity in which a significant number of people take part, often practising folk styles which have their origins in other countries. These groups are generally not run for profit, operate under the radar of media attention, and consequentially their activities remain largely hidden from view. This thesis addresses the fact that there have been no in-depth studies of these groups. It reports on the findings of a detailed ethnographic research project, to offer in-sights into the practices and motivations of participants in social dance. The thesis answers the key question: ‘What is the meaning and significance of participation in these folk music and social dance styles to those taking part?’. An interdisciplinary and ethnographic research approach was adopted to investigate two such folk styles: Cajun and Zydeco, and Scandinavian. This approach allowed research participants to make a significant contribution to the focus of the research, and to inform the subsidiary questions: ‘What are the concerns and interests of those involved in social folk dance?’, ‘What is it that makes involvement in these dance practices so appealing?’, and ‘What are the overall benefits of being involved?’ The research produced an interpretive account of these practices, through investigating sites of participation in these dance styles in the UK, which were explored by means of immersive involvement in their dance practices. This gave an insight into the way in which participation was organised and managed, and allowed for introductions to be made which were followed up with thirty in-depth interviews. The study revealed that despite the stylistic differences between the two dance styles and how they are practised, both nevertheless benefitted participants in similar ways. That dance events are organised on a not-for-profit basis was particularly important to participants, and encouraged loyalty and cooperation, promoting feelings of empowerment and ownership. An atmosphere of supportive inclusion was also built in to the loose organisation of events and activities, which allowed a consensus to develop where social attitudes and ideas could be negotiated, cultivated, and shared. This created a sense of belonging to an unboundaried, and fluid community or social network, a safe environment in which participants were able to experience dance as a communicative and expressive dialogue between individuals and within the group. This thesis argues that participants found their involvement in these dance styles socially and personally satisfying, and that this made a considerable contribution to their individual wellbeing. The research found that sociable folk dancing served as a vehicle for community, improving participants’ sense of self-worth, supporting creativity, and well-being. These findings complement clinical research that champions dance, and social dance in particular, as a healthy and worthwhile leisure activity. This thesis supports the results of such scientific studies into the benefits of dance by providing supporting evidence from within a social setting. This has implications for further research, and for policy and practice, whether dance activities are pursued formally or informally and whatever their aim.
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Long, Julie-Anne, University of Western Sydney, of Performance Fine Arts and Design Faculty, and School of Contemporary Arts. "The leisure mistress dances : an investigation of a practice where fact and fiction collide." THESIS_FPFAD_CAR_Long_J.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/541.
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The leisure mistress project is a perverse contemporary burlesque about leisure and inactivity investigated through a low-key style of dance performance, in an age where leisure pursuits are exhausting business. Julie-Anne questions her notions of dance, its place in her life and her work and challenges other ideas about what dance is. The concerns of the work include social, political, cultural and aesthetic issues. The core theme of leisure facilitates cultural investigation via performance with social critique being implicit. The process and the product are private, personal, idiosyncratic but have wider resonances and ramificationsMaster of Arts (Hons) (Performance)
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Tsoulou, Marina-Georgia. "Philosophical approaches to classical ballet and modern dance." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/50522/.
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My primary concern in this thesis is to develop a framework in which classical and modern dance can be analyzed and assessed in philosophical terms. This should not be understood as an endeavour to create a system of values according to which dance should be criticized. What is being attempted is to describe and characterize dance with the tools provided by different aesthetic theories. Moreover dance, and especially ballet (due to its more solid and concrete structure and form), is used as a test - βάσανος (vasanos) in Greek - to help discern the limitations of existing aesthetic theories. At the same time the different criteria that each theory puts forward to identify a work of art are related to the notion of movement, which is central to dance. This process not only enables us to distinguish the elements of this complex form of human action, but also becomes the starting point for the elaboration of a reconfiguration of aesthetic concepts that will enable a sophisticated analysis of the phenomenon of dance. The underlying question throughout is "What makes a particular movement sequence a piece of dance rather than, for example, a piece of gymnastics?" complemented by the question "What makes an everyday life movement a dance movement?" These issues are addressed by considering how the various aesthetic theories can help us make the above distinctions. The different forms of dance are correlated with the aesthetic theories presented. The first notion I consider in this context is mimesis with special reference to Jean-Georges Noverre's account of dance, which has its roots in Aristotle's Poetics. Secondly I consider the notion of beauty - its independence from such notions as 'purposiveness', its lack of 'interest' - as analysed in Kant's Critique of Judgment. The expressive element of dance is explored in the context of R.G. Collingwood's expressivism and John Maftin's inflection of it in relation to dance. Attention to movement leads directly to the notion of form, which is explored in dialogue with André Levinson and Margaret H'Doubler. The thesis concludes by sketching an outline of a new way of approaching, understanding and hence potentially even experiencing dance (as a viewer). Dance is a carrier of a multiplicity of meanings with various contents. In the majority of cases a dance performance seeks to communicate a message to an audience. It is being suggested that dance constitutes a type of language, a communicational system, which has mimetic, expressive and formal elements. The notion of language is understood in later Wittgenstein terms. It is argued that dance comprises a 'form of life.' The elements of this system are facial expressions, movements of hands and arms, shifting of the body; all these reveal to us the quality of experience and feelings of the moving persona. Dance should be understood and appreciated in this particular context.
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Domene, Pablo A. "Efficacy of Latin dance as a health-enhancing leisure activity for adults." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/34532/.
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Despite acceptance that physical activity serves as a protective agent against the burden of non-communicable disease, half of all adults in the developed world remain insufficiently physically active. The promotion of physical activity is therefore of paramount importance to public health researchers and practitioners. Dance, as a leisure or social activity, can play a role in the engagement of adults in physically active pursuits that are not necessarily thought of as traditional exercise per se. This is especially important for those individuals not currently meeting physical activity guidelines and is fully congruent with the current public health message that "some activity is better than none". A holistic exploration of Latin dance was undertaken in this thesis in the context of physical activity and psychosocial health promotion in non-clinical adults. The research encompassed a quantitative assessment of physiological and psychological measures related to dance. Over a 3 yr period, eighty-four women and men were enrolled in a series of four interrelated Latin dance (salsa) and Latin-themed aerobic dance (Zumba fitness) studies. Research grade motion sensing and heart rate monitors were used to evaluate the physiological responses to dance, and a novel activity-specific value calibration method was developed to process the data. The monitors, which are small and unobtrusive to wear, were then utilised for collection of data during performance of dance in naturalistic settings. Psychological measures associated with dance participation were captured using previously validated questionnaires. Results indicate that Latin dance elicits physiological responses representative of moderate to vigorous physical activity when performed primarily for leisure purposes. Modest improvements were observed post-dance in measures of cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and inflammatory biomarkers in relation to cardiovascular health. Moreover, participation fostered interest, enjoyment, and a positive psychological outlook, and enhanced well-being, mood, and health-related quality of life with large magnitude effects. The findings of this thesis may be relevant for researchers and practitioners interested in the efficacy of dance as an expressive and creative medium for the promotion of physical and mental health.
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Hyde, Sara Alexandra. "Do I Date My Dance Partner: An Examination of Marital Satisfaction Among Serious Leisure Participants in Partner Dancing." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2014. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/4213.
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The purpose of this study was to compare marital satisfaction among serious leisure participants in partner dancing and their spouses based on their participation patterns in dance (both dancers or only one dancer), with covariates of spousal support, satisfaction with leisure, and leisure-family conflict. This study not only found a significant relationship between marital satisfaction and participation patterns for dancers (participating together β =.2125), but the averages for joint and individual participation patterns fell on either side of the non-distressed versus distressed cut-off score for marital satisfaction, suggesting that participation in a serious leisure activity, like partner dancing, without your spouse was associated with marital distress, and participating with your spouse can help reduce or avoid that stress. Results also suggest that it is role support felt for a specific leisure activity (in this case, dance) that was related to marital satisfaction (β =.4925), but not support felt for general leisure activities or levels of support given. Finally, retiring to bed at the same time was confirmed as an important couple ritual that positively relates to marital satisfaction (β =.1548).
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Purser, Aimie Christianne Elizabeth. "Exploring the embodied basis of being through Merleau-Ponty and dance : a conversation between philosophy and practice." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2008. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13738/.
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Merleau-Ponty suggests that a non-dualistic understanding of embodied being must start from a theory of embodied practice. This allows us to think in terms of a body-subject, rather than seeing the body as object, and thus to consider embodiment as the basis of subjectivity and intersubjectivity. Further to this, I contend that if we are to truly move away from dualism in our understanding of human being, we need not only to conceptualise embodiment adequately in philosophical terms, but also to engage with lived embodied practice. This thesis ‘fleshes out’ embodiment theory through an approach which brings Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy into conversation with the experiential accounts of professional contemporary dance practitioners, accessed through in-depth qualitative interviews. In bringing together a philosophy (Merleau-Ponty) which is rooted in the notion of embodied practice, and an embodied practice (contemporary dance) which both grounds and is grounded in philosophically interesting themes such as subjectivity, identity, intersubjectivity, expression and communication, this conversational method allows mutual illumination and opens up a new conceptual space for the exploration of the embodied basis of being. This project therefore emphasises the seeking out of links and common ground between the two interlocutors rather than offering a reductive critique. The conversation between philosophy and practice covers four main areas where the dancers’ reflections on their (embodied capacities for) practical knowledge, subjectivity, intersubjectivity, and representation are explored in relation to Merleau-Ponty’s conceptualisations of the corporeal schema, intercorporeality and flesh [la chair]. It is argued that this conversational approach functions to open up a space which lies in-between the traditional dualisms of mind and body, philosophy and practice, and theory and data, and allows me to develop and explore new ideas, connections, perspectives and understandings of the embodied basis of being that a different methodological approach would not have facilitated to the same extent.
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YAO, Yechen. "Leisure and life satisfaction among Tai Chi and public square dance participants in Hong Kong." Digital Commons @ Lingnan University, 2015. https://commons.ln.edu.hk/soc_etd/38.
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Public Square Dance, or Guang Chang Wu (GCW) is a form of group dance that originated from Mainland China and has emerged gradually in Hong Kong. Like the more traditional Tai Chi, GCW is popular among the middle-aged and older adults, and is carried out in public spaces. However, the two activities seem to be treated quite differently by both government authorities and the general public. The study aims to compare the physiological, social and psychological benefits of the two forms of exercise. It also seeks to explore whether and how social determinants affect people’s choice to participate in either Tai Chi or GCW. 189 Tai Chi and 188 GCW participants were surveyed. Binary logistic regression, MANOVA and univariate ANOVA were used for data analysis. It is shown that age, gender, birthplace, employment, residence, as well as people’s leisure attitude, all influence the likelihood that someone participates in Tai Chi or GCW. On the other hand, the effects on well-being, social inclusion, social network and life satisfaction are similar between Tai Chi and GCW participants, though the two groups differ in terms of their opinions on leisure satisfaction and utilisation of public space. As GCW is largely an unsanctioned activity in Hong Kong, policy makers should acknowledge the advantages of GCW activity, and adopt measures that regulate GCW participation in Hong Kong. This is not only one of the early studies focused on the cultural differences between Mainland immigrants and natives in Hong Kong, it also has important implications for future research in leisure, gender, ageing and cultural studies.
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Pilcher, Katy Elizabeth Mary. "Erotic dancing in night-time leisure venues : a sociological study of erotic dance performers and customers." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/56236/.
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This thesis explores the gender and sexual politics of erotic dance, through an ethnographic investigation of two leisure venues which provide erotic dance entertainment for women audiences in the UK. Using the research techniques of participant observation, qualitative interviews, visual methods, email interviews and internet research, this thesis examines the work roles of women and men dancers, and the interactions of women customers with dancers. In taking both a lesbian leisure venue and a male strip show for analysis, this thesis goes further than previous academic studies which often equate erotic dance with a male clientele base and women performers. The key findings of the thesis are related to three central themes. These are, firstly, the defining of both of the venues as a ‘women-only’ space by customers, and the ways in which this simultaneously both challenges and reproduces heteronormativity. Secondly, findings in both venues point to evidence of an erotic female ‘gaze’ being exercised by women customers. Yet I highlight how this is at times couched in problematic post-feminist conceptions of sexual agency, and further, how some customers articulated a critique of ‘gazing’ as objectifying erotic dancers. I argue that male dancers do not take on a ‘sex object’ role, and suggest that women dancers are able to exercise a gaze directed at women customers in some instances. The third key finding, evident in dancers’ accounts of their working experiences, suggests that their work practices are in many ways similar to concepts of work that are used to discuss service sector labour. I argue that the particular spaces in which dancers work is crucial to their capacity to exercise autonomy in their work role. Overall, the thesis develops a more complex analysis of participants’ engagement with erotic dance venues, highlighting the tensions around exercising agency in commercial sexual encounters.
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Reckziegel, Ana Cecilia de Carvalho. "Dança de rua: lazer e cultura jovem na Restinga." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/8669.
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo compreender o sentido atribuído, por jovens moradores da periferia de Porto Alegre, à prática da dança de rua como elemento componente da cultura Hip-Hop. Visando a compreender a prática da dança em um universo cultural específico, e privilegiando seus aspectos microssociais, o estudo tem como abordagem metodológica a investigação etnográfica, e como principais instrumentos de coleta de dados, a observação participante e a entrevista semiestruturada. A reflexão final é efetuada a partir de dois eixos de análise: a dança de rua como aprendizado e a dança de rua como lazer. A prática da dança, aliada aos princípios ideológicos colocados pelos elementos da cultura Hip-Hop e simbolizados pela atitude, possibilita aos jovens a construção de um projeto, que tem como objetivo a construção de uma vida digna para si e o resgate daqueles em situação de marginalidade.This work aims to understand the meaning attributed, by young residents of the periphery of Porto Alegre, to the practice of street dance as a component element of the Hip-Hop. Aiming to understand the practice of dance in a specific cultural universe, and giving preference to its micro-social aspects, the study has as methodological approach the ethnographical investigation, and as main instruments of data gathering, the participative observation and the semi-structured interview. The final consideration is made from two main perspectives: street dance as learning and street dance as leisure. The practice of dance, along with the ideological principles of the Hip-Hop culture, symbolized by the attitude, makes possible to the youth the construction of a project that has as objective the building of a worthy life for oneself, and the redeeming of those who live marginally.
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Long, Julie-Anne. "The leisure mistress dances : an investigation of a practice where fact and fiction collide /." View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030905.135752/index.html.
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Wallis, Lucy. "An exploration of the work of David Bintley, a very 'English' choreographer, with particular reference to his use of English Morris dance in Still Life at the Penguin Café and the process of translating 'genuine' English Morris dance to a theatrical environment." Thesis, City, University of London, 2010. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17616/.
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The study explores the work of the English choreographer and Director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley. Particular reference is made to Bintley’s ballet Still Life at the Penguin Café (1988) and the extent to which he has drawn from English Cotswold Morris dance in the Humboldt’s Hog-nosed Skunk Flea section of the ballet. The comparison between Bintley’s selection of movements and their traditional Morris dance counterparts is based on findings from extensive fieldwork conducted with Morris dance teams and in particular the Ravensbourne Morris Men of Keston in Kent, as well as a study of Bintley’s creative practice. The research draws from ethnographic modes of study including participant observation, embodiment and notions of reflexivity. Following an analysis of the results from the creation and performance of a more authentically ‘Morris’ version of Bintley’s dance for eight female dancers, entitled Still Life at the Folk Café, the study offers a series of recommendations for the translation of English Morris into a theatrical setting. The thesis is divided into six chapters. The first explores the methods involved in the development of the analytical model for the study, including those of the Hungarian scholars György Martin and Erno Pesovár during their folk dance research in the Upper-Tisza region of Hungry, and the categorisation of the various aspects of Morris dance using Morris dancer Lionel Bacon's motif catalogue, A handbook of Morris dances. It also reviews the work of folk dance theorists such as John Forrest and Chris Bearman. The second chapter discusses the concept of Englishness to define the importance of the English ballet tradition as advocated from 1926 by the founder of the Royal Ballet, Dame Ninette De Valois. It looks at Bintley's influences, ideological inheritance, creative process and place as a protector of the English ballet tradition. Chapter three focuses on the fieldwork conducted with the Ravensbourne Morris Men, and compares Bintley’s movements in Humboldt’s Hog-nosed Skunk Flea dance with their counterparts from the Cotswold Morris tradition. Chapter four details the practice based element of the research and analyses the findings from a series of Morris dance workshops in which the eight female dancers representing the field of professional dance were introduced to the Morris dance form. It also investigates the results from the creation and performance of Still Life at the Folk Café. Chapter five discusses the benefits of conducting a workshop with the Ravensbourne Morris dance team and some of the dancers involved in the performance process. Finally chapter six explores the conclusions drawn from the research and explains how choreographers or dancers wishing to work with Morris dance should immerse themselves in the source language of its practitioners, and draw from aspects of the tradition in rehearsals and performances in order to extend their choreological and physical vocabulary and attain the stylistic and social qualities associated with the dance form. These aspects include working with live musical accompaniment, using the performance space informally to maintain close interaction with the audience and challenging the dancer’s personal response to their own movement style.
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Joncevaite, Inesa. "Šokio mokytojo, kaip laisvalaikio organizatoriaus kompetencijų analizė." Bachelor's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2014. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2014~D_20140620_101454-96765.
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Darbo objektas: šokių mokytojo, kaip laisvalaikio organizatoriaus kompetencijos. Darbo tikslas: nustatyti šokių mokytojo, kaip laisvalaikio organizatoriaus kompetencijas. Darbo problema: ar šokių mokytojai pasiţymi laisvalaikio organizatoriaus kompetencijomis? Darbo uţdaviniai:
1. Apibrėţti šokių mokytojų kompetencijų sampratą teoriniu aspektu;
2. Išsiaiškinti šokių mokytojų kompetencijos tobulinimo būdus ir galimybes;
3. Ištirti šokių mokytojo, kaip laisvalaikio organizatoriaus kompetencijas.
Darbo išvados ir svarbiausi rezultatai: atlikto tyrimo metu paaiškėjo, jog didţioji dauguma šokių mokytojų dirba pagal įgytą kvalifikaciją. Taip pat išsiaiškinta, kad šokių mokytojai įgyta kvalifikaciją vertina naudinga. Remiantis respondentų išskirtomis naudingomis laisvalaikio organizatoriaus kompetencijomis kurios yra: komunikabilumas, gebėjimas organizuoti renginius, sugebėjimas įtikinti ir motyvuoti ţmones, mokėjimas organizuoti ir burti ţmones, gebėjimas parinkti ir organizuoti veiklas ir paslaugas atsiţvelgiant į klientų grupes, fizinį pajėgumą, poreikius bei reklamos priemonių ir metodų ţinojimas ir taikymas galima teigti, jog šokių mokytojai supranta kokiomis, kaip laisvalaikio organizatorius kompetencijomis turėtų pasiţymėti. Tačiau respondentų rezultatų pasiskirstymas kokias šokio mokytojai, kaip laisvalaikio organizatoriai yra įgiję studijų metu verčia abejoti ar šios kompetencijas jie yra įgiję, nes rezultatų pasiskirstymas rodo tokias įgytas kaip laisvalaikio... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]The object: dance teacher‘s as leisure organizer‘s competence. The aim: identify dance teacher‘s as leisure organizer‘s competence. The problem: does dance teachers have leisure organizer competencies? Work tasks: 1. Define the concept of a dance teacher competencies in theoretical aspect; 2. Find out dance teacher’s competence improving the ways and opportunity; 3. Examine dance teacher‘s as leisure organizer‘s competences. Conclusions and main results: study revealed that the vast majority of dance teachers is working by their qualification. Also found that dance teachers theirs skills keeps useful. According to the respondents isolated leisure organizer useful competencies are: communication skills, the ability to organize events, the ability to persuade and motivate people, ability to organize and bring together the people, the ability to select and organize the activities and services according to customer groups, exercise capacity, needs, and promotional tools and techniques and the application of knowledge can be said that the dance teachers understand what as entertainers should possess competencies. However, the results of the distribution of the respondents which dance teachers as entertainers have acquired during their studies cast doubt on whether the competencies they have acquired, as the results show the distribution obtained as a leisure organizer competencies: communication skills, ability to work in teams, the ability to convey their views and knowing how to... [to full text]
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Hopkin, Rachel Claire. "Argentine Tango in Cincinnati: An Ethnographic Study of Ethos, Affect, Gender, and Ageing in a Midwestern Dance Community." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1574766653540698.
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Green, Alida Maria. "Dancing in borrowed shoes : a history of ballroom dancing in South Africa (1600s-1940s)." Diss., Pretoria : [S.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10202009-190259.
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Piskoř, Martin. "Strategická analýza neziskové organizace." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-125055.
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The aim of the thesis was to elaborate strategic analysis of non-profit making organization. There is a theory of strategic analysis, strategic management and financial analysis in first part. The theory is applied for a specific non-profit making organization Pop Balet o.s. in second part of the thesis. The organization provides high-quality and systematic dance education for children and youth. Pop Balet o.s. is supposed to be a leader in the dance industry. At the end of the thesis there is recommendation for future development of the organization based on elaborate strategic analysis.
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Rossignoli, Sabina. "Diasporic identification and gender construction in the Caribbean nightlife of Paris." Thesis, Paris 5, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA05H021.
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Cette thèse explore les formes d’identification adoptées par des antillais fréquentant les lieux de divertissements caribéens en région parisienne. Cela, dans une perspective d’études des questions de genre et diasporiques. Mon hypothèse est que la vie nocturne est un espace culturel encourageant les liens transnationaux et diasporiques. Ma méthodologie a été de fréquenter ces lieux selon les méthodes de l’observation participante et de l’entretien en région parisienne ainsi qu’en Martinique. D’abord, j’ai investigué la géographie humaine des lieux de divertissements antillais en banlieue parisienne en enquêtant sur les lieux d’habitation ainsi que sur l’origine sociale de mes informateurs. Par la suite, j’ai lié les pratiques de la vie nocturne aux phénomènes migratoires des antillais de France. Le fort caractère transnational de ces lieux de divertissement témoigne de constructions diasporiques qui n’ont pas été évoquées auparavant. Néanmoins, ma thèse souligne que ces constructions étaient problématiques pour mes informatrices qui devaient négocier leur sorties avec plusieurs contraintes. La deuxième partie de la thèse se concentre sur le caractère transnational et diasporique du zouk, un genre musical de la Caraïbe française. Je conclue en étudiant les inégalités de genre dans les discothèques et les stratégies que les femmes emploient pour participer aux soirées dancehallThis thesis explores the forms of identification adopted by French Caribbean clubbers in the Parisian region in relation to the issues of gender and diaspora. My hypothesis is that clubbing is a cultural space that fosters diasporic identities and transnational socialities. Methodologically the thesis is the result of fourteen months of participant observation in Paris and one in Martinique. First I have investigated the human geographies of Antillean clubs in the banlieues of Paris by analyzing in detail the residential patterns and sense of class belonging of my informants. Next I have inscribed the night-time leisure practices in the migration patterns of these informants. I argue that the transnational character of Caribbean nightlife is a testimony to relevant diasporic constructions that have not previously been explored. However my thesis underlines how these constructions were not unproblematic for female participants. The second part of the thesis focuses on the specific transnational and diasporic character of zouk, a French Caribbean music genre. I conclude having investigated issues of gender inequality in clubs and the strategies women employ in order to participate in the dancehall scene
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Motl, Kaitlyne A. "“WELL, DON’T WALK AROUND NAKED... UNLESS YOU’RE A GIRL”: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND RISK IN JAMTRONICA FESTIVAL SUBCULTURAL SCENES." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/sociology_etds/38.
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The purpose of this study was to explore emerging issues surrounding gendered fear, threat, and violence perpetration at music festivals – particularly events that feature a synthesis of jam band and electronic dance music acts – a genre termed jamtronica by its fans. Though gendered violence perpetration and prevention have been widely studied within other party-oriented settings (i.e., sexual violence perpetration on college campuses), very little research exists to address how wider disparities of gender and sexuality permeate a community whose members frequently claim the scene’s immunity from external inequalities.
In this three-year multi-sited ethnography, I incorporate participant observations, group and individual interviews, and textual analyses to progressively layer investigations into: 1) festival-goers’ gender-bifurcated perceptions of the problems they face within the event arena; 2) how institutional and interactional inequalities fuel gender-sexual expectations that exacerbate the risks with which festival-going women’s contend; and, 3) how jamtronica’s “libertarian and libertine” codes complicate women’s negotiations of (sub)cultural agency, expression, and safety. Findings derived across fourteen sites, interviews with 179 festival participants, and countless material texts suggest that men and women do perceive festival “problems” in very different ways – subsequently leading women to calculatedly navigate festival terrains, interactions, and self-presentations in ways that festival-going men seldom must. Protected by scene norms that paradoxically elevate personal autonomy and group integration, festival-going men’s homosocial displays of masculinity (through pranks, drinking and drug use, and even sexual predation) often goes unchallenged – or, is seemingly even encouraged.
In an environment that both scholars and study participants claim to eclipse mainstream inequalities of gender and sexuality, a closer look reveals the multiplex ways that festival-going women risk their physical, social, and sexual well-beings in order to pursue the emancipatory promises that jamtronica music festival community discourses purport. For this understudied, yet rapidly growing, subcultural scene, this study offers conceptual and analytical foundations to event-specific violence prevention programming, as well as gender and sexuality-centric initiatives paramount to ever-diversifying jamtronica music festival communities.
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Su-Yun, Lu, and 陸素雲. "The Relationship between Serious Leisure and Leisure Satisfaction：The Moderator of Leisure Constraints-Evidence from Line Dance." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56qvb9.
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碩士景文科技大學
旅遊管理系觀光與餐旅管理碩士班
106
In the advanced science and technology era, people are used to taking part in leisure activities, after they leave the office in order to release their work pressure. People gradually put attention to leisure activities day by day. People hope that they can not only release their pressure to maintain their health, but also study new knowledge and technology in order to have opportunity to express themselves. This study is to investigate the relationships among serious leisure, leisure constraints, and leisure satisfaction. Besides, moderating effect of leisure constraints on the relationship between serious leisure and leisure satisfaction is examined in this study. A convenience sample of respondents was chosen from participants of line dance activities in Taipei and New Taipei cities. A total of 300 questionnaires were distributed, and 287 valid questionnaires were returned. These questionnaires were analyzed by SPSS program. Descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, validity analysis, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis were employed in this study. The results showed that serious leisure has a significant positive effect on leisure satisfaction and leisure constraints have significant negative effects on leisure satisfaction. Moreover, the results also showed that leisure constraints have not any mediating effect on the relationship between serious leisure and leisure satisfaction. The results may provide some useful information for the managers of leisure groups to enhance leisure satisfaction of participators through the rising of serious leisure and decreasing of leisure constraints.
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Ying, Lai Chih, and 賴芝縈. "Motivation Participation and Satisfaction toward Dance Leisure Participants." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36175915570467762997.
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碩士開南大學
觀光運輸學院碩士在職專班
102
Experiencing the ‘Dance Leisure’ not only focus on dancing, but aslo release the self-pressure and personel nexity through the dance leisure actitites. The purpose of this study was to investigate the motivation, participation and satisfaction focus on dance leisure participants with various educational backgrounds. The current status and relationship among the factors of motivation, participation and satisfaction of dance leisure participants were also to be explored. This study conducted the Questionnaire Survey Method. 390 subjects were randomly selected from Dance Leisure Participants. The researcher designed the Motivation, Participation, and Satisfaction toward Dance Leisure Participants Questionnnaire as the main instrument. The questionnaire was organized as follows: (a) Background Information (b)Scale Measurement of Motivation, Participation ,and (c)the Scale Measurement of Satisfaction. The collected data were analyzed through the methods of descriptive statistic, Independant Sample t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe, Pearson’s correlationcoefficient, Multiple regression analysis. The major results were as follows: 1.Most of the participants are females. Their ages are from 30 to 39 years old, the monthly salaries are between 15,001 and 30,000, and most of their occupations are freelancers. 2.The levels of motivation and participation, from the higher level to the lower level, are social needs, pressure release, self-development, and healthy physical fitness. 3.The levels of satisfaction, from the higher level to the lower level, are pressure releasing, self-understanding, social communication, educational learning, and environmental space. 4.The participants with different genders and monthly wage have significant differences in motivation, and participation. According to Gender factor, females received the higher level of participation than males. 5.The participants with different genders and monthly wage have significant differences in satisfaction. According to Gender factor, females received the higher level of satisfaction than males. 6.There was a positive correlation between motivation, participation and satisfaction. 7.The result reaches the level of statistical significance. This shows that the motivation, participation are great influences on satisfaction. 8.Among the options, participation and satisfaction are the most influential to satisfaction. The results of the study could provide entrepreneurial organizations,government institutions, schools, and communities as a reference to popularize the dance leisure activities. In addition, through the creative dancing, people can build the well interaction with people, release pressure, enhance self-confidence, and cultivate the spirit of cooperation.
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WU, PI-YUN, and 吳碧雲. "Research on Role and Function of Leisure Dance Association." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9w2ebk.
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碩士環球科技大學
中小企業經營策略管理研究所
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The purpose of this study is to explore the operation of the World Folk Dance Association of the Republic of China(WFDA), and how to strengthen its management by using the feature of Taiwan Dance organization. Governments are actively promoting cultural and creative industries(CCI), and the dance is also one of it.This study was based on the WFDA and its members, all of them were operators ofleisure dance industry. The WFDA as the object of this study, literature analysis, in-depth interviews and observation records as the method,case studies were taken into the field of research. The Ministry of Culture took more than a decade to develop and transform the CCI since 2002. If the dance industry can be stronger, it is also an advantage of the development of Taiwan's CCI. Since the dance association’s operation is extremely important, this study is hoping to achieve three goals: First, explore the importance of the dance association in the dance industry. Second, analyze the roles and functions played by the dance association. Third, to discuss the leadership of the dance association accounted for an important key factor. The results of this study found that the key to the success of the dance association is as follows: First, combine with government resources to promote the implementation of the national dance movement and the exchange of local dance associations. Second, through the Dance Association's professional abilities and overseas cultural exchange activities, young choreographers are trained to increase the vision and the mission of the organization has been achieved. Third, Actively strive for the allocation of resources in the public sector so that the organization can perform better and do a good job in the management and inheritance of the Leisure Dance Federation. The results of this study can provide a reference for the Leisure Dance Association. It is hoped that this will increase the value of the dance association in the cultural industry, and in turn will drive the national dance movement and achieve the sustainable development of the dance association.
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Yang, Yung-Ching, and 楊詠卿. "Motivation and Leisure Benefits of Participantsin Dance Sport Curriculum." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/14340734594136982015.
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碩士臺北市立大學
休閒運動管理學系碩士班
103
Dance sport has become very popular in recent years. The wave of dance sport movement has been led by associations, artists, international events and television promotion programs. This study aimed to investigate the differences between motivation and leisure benefits on participants of Taipei professional dance sport studio. According to the locations in 12 districts of Taipei City, total of 375 survey questionnaires were administered to selected 25 curriculum participants, with valid 315 returned. The data were analyzed by utilizing the descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Schaffe Method, and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient. Based on the findings, four conclusions were drawn: 1. Dance sport participants perceive significant sense of interpersonal relationships, in which male are higher than female. 2. Perception of accomplishment is the major factor for participation. 3. The married and middle-aged participants focus mainly on physiological and psychological benefits. 4. Dance sport participants, with 10 to 20 years experiences, strongly concern on health, interpersonal relationships and accomplishment. Finally, several suggestions regarding dance sport curriculum and future research were presented. Keywords: Ballroom dancing, interpersonal relationships, psychological benefits, social benefits
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Teng, Kuang-Ping, and 鄧匡評. "The practical process of serious leisure of street dance amateurs." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93699758322397367577.
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碩士國立體育大學
體育推廣學系碩士班
101
This research is using the Qualitative Research to describe the practical process of serious leisure of street dance amateurs. The Researcher will through the deeply interview with the four participants to get their dictation experiences and analyze its context. We will find the varieties of capital hidden in the street dance amateurs and transfer in every different ways. Among the transferring and accumulation, the capital will turn in to power source of street dance amateurs in the street dance field. In the process of participation, though the street dance amateurs may suffer lots of obstruction, they will not quite the game but breakthrough the handicaps. Finally, it will develop to an interest what you are pursuing in your lifetime and turn into an attitude in life further. In the experience of the process, the street dance amateurs will develop the individual life aesthetics .Due to the different experiences of life and becoming to regenerate Aesthetic experience by participation in street dance activities. It can realize that the subject own by agency, that is to say, the subject own by autonomous and reflect on their own constantly. The subject will break the domination of society, dominate their life, realize what they want or they do not want. It will release the agency of subject and interweave the rich life histories to achieve to a street dance and life status to inter-subjectivity.
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Chung, Yu-Sheng, and 鍾佑昇. "The Career Transition of the Serious Leisure Participants in Dance Sport." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/50874376549368017581.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
休閒運動研究所碩士班
99
In this study, four in sport dancing (ballroom dancing) more than two decades of serious leisure for the study were participants of the study participants had a legitimate and stable work, outside of work time engaged in leisure, with time and investment, thus showing the characteristics of serious leisure are even evolved into their current job or reduce their working time to part-time had their own leisure industry, the main purpose of study of four senior dancers history of serious leisure, and career transition an important factor, and for attitude adjustment after the career transition and to adapt to. In this study, qualitative research, and semi-structured depth interviews to obtain the experience of four participants, then the narrative analysis of the "whole - content" analysis method to complete the data compilation and analysis, to explore and understand the serious leisure How to make a career transition by the decision, its reasons and after the conversion experience and lessons learned, the individual values and lifestyles change it. The findings in the research are as following: First, study participants were mostly involved in motivation extrinsic motivation, namely peer solicitation, offer students, customers offer other reasons, before entering the field of dance movement. Second, the study of serious leisure participant characteristics in line with the concept of Stebbins''s serious leisure features, 1, perseverance; 2, as business-like effort; 3, focusing on individual achievement; 4, sustainable benefits; 5 strong sense of identity. Third, the continued benefits of serious leisure: 1, individual: the physical and psychological health, self-fulfillment, self-realization, self-expression, self-satisfied sense of accomplishment, personal renewal. 2, Social: Social attract, maintain and contribute to the development community, social interests. Fourth, the impact of serious leisure are important factors to make a career transition are: 1, personal factors: interests, personality, personality, ability, sense of accomplishment to the original, self-realization. 2, the working environment factors: work environment, income. 3, individual self-perception of his career: the transformation of post-developmental assessment, job considerations, interests and professional integration, interest and professional models of coexistence. For the serious leisure career transition who is on income and real issues are important choices, and study participants in the career transition after the exploration period to the differentiation stage, can self-adjust and integration, but also for achieving more fulfilling life self-dream, their own interests into their career, and converted the original employment income even more than career earnings also high, anyway, for the study participants, it is a substantial real history.
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Lin, Yu-Ling, and 林禹伶. "A Study of the Relationships among Leisure Involvement, Flow Experience and Leisure Benefits in the Belly Dance Participants." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06312290629607657032.
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碩士大葉大學
休閒事業管理學系碩士在職專班
103
Exercise could not only enhance physical, mental health but also promote the quality of life. In Taiwan, belly dance has been one of the most popular leisure activities over the past decade. The study focuses on the belly dance participants in order to investigate the relationships among belly dance participants’ leisure involvement, flow experience and leisure benefits. This study had used the questionnaire survey by purposive sampling and applied Likert scale for measurement. Four hundred of questionnaires were distributed. A total of 351 completed were returned, yielding a response rate of 87.75%. The collected data were analyzed statistically by using descriptive statistical, t-test analysis, one-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation and regression analysis. The major findings of this study were summarized as follows. First, majorities of the sample were female and were primarily married. Most of them reported monthly incomes of NT$20,001~60,000. Second, there was a significant difference in the leisure involvement, flow experience and leisure benefits to the respondent profile including age, stage performance experience, practice time of dancing, and seniority. The difference between belly dance participants’ marital status and leisure involvement reached the significant level. There was a significant difference between belly dance participants’ income and flow experience. Third, there was a significant positive correlation between leisure involvement, flow experience and leisure benefits. Therefore, the higher in leisure involvement and the flow experience would be the same way higher the leisure benefits. Fourth, leisure benefits can be predicted efficiently from leisure involvement, and self-expression provided higher anticipation towards leisure benefits. According to the result, belly dance indeed could improve physiological benefit, psychological benefit, and aesthetic benefit so as to promote leisure benefit. Finally, hopping the government should promote belly dance with great exertion, which could contributive to people's health and quality of life.
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Zeng, Jian-Jia, and 曾建嘉. "Perceived Service Quality and Leisure Benefits for Members of Dance Sports Classes." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/w2yy37.
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碩士臺北市立大學
休閒運動管理學系碩士班
106
Purpose: This study investigates the perceived service quality and leisure benefits for the members of sports dance classes, with emphasis on the differences in present conditions, their correlation and predictability. Method: A questionnaire survey is issued to 4 sports dance clubs in Taipei City with the number of participants more than 100 persons. Among the 400 questionnaires sent, 363 were valid, which means the effective rate is 90.75%. We analyzed collected data by descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, Pearson product-moment correlation, and Stepwise regression analysis. Results: 1. Most of the members were females, accounting for 65%, ranging in age from 13 to 25 years, which accounted for 59%. Besides, 46.3% of the members had university degree and 50.1% of them spent less than 2 hours weekly on sports dance. 43.3% of the members had less than 5 years of participation experience and 57.6% of them learned both Latin dance and standard dance.2. The average number of perceived service quality was 4.16, with the highest "reliability" (M = 4.30); the average leisure benefit was 4.17. Among them, the average of “aesthetic benefits” was the highest (M = 4.33). 3. Gender, age, weekly class schedule, and educational level are related to significant differences in perceived service quality, while age, seniority, education, and dance types are related to significant differences in terms of leisure benefits. 4. Perceived service quality has a positive correlation with leisure benefits (r = .581, p < .05). The correlation between "care" and "educational benefit" was the highest (r = .509, p < .05). 5. The perception of service quality is predictive of the leisure benefits (R2 = .359). Among them, "responsiveness" is the main influencing factor. Conclusion: Most of the participants in the sports dance classes were young athletes for competition. Their main purpose is to pursue further training and achieve good results. It is hoped that through the curriculum design, a unique teaching style and the teachers' professional skills, the members can enhance their dance performance. By practicing dance posture, appreciating other students' movements, the members' sense of aesthetics and beauty would be fostered. Besides, educational benefits derived from teachers' care and instructions were a great addition. When students encounter bottlenecks in learning, teachers usually tried to help them find out the problems, and provided assistance immediately, which would contribute to improving their professional skills and enhancing their performance in the competition.
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WEI-HSIUNG, CHOU, and 周偉雄. "The Relationship between Folk Dance Participants and Leisure Constraint on Elder People." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9apnby.
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碩士稻江科技暨管理學院
休閒遊憩管理學系碩士班
107
This study refers to understanding the current situation of motivation, leisure obstacles and participation behavior of the folk dance participants, and analyzes the background characteristics of participation motivation, leisure obstacles and participation behavior differences, and then discusses participation motivation and leisure obstacles. Correlation with the three involved behaviors. In this study, we facilitated the sampling and snowballing methods, and distributed the questionnaires on the participation behavior, participation motivation and obstacles of the folk dance participants. A total of 316 valid questionnaires and 303 valid questionnaires were collected. After processing and analyzing the questionnaire data, the results are as follows: (1) There are significant differences in the motivations of participants in different marital status and whether there are children, occupations and average monthly income; (2) Different ages, living areas, marital status and whether there are There were significant differences in the barriers between the children and the participants in the average monthly income; (3) significant differences in the participation of participants of different ages, areas of residence, occupation, average monthly income and dancing age; (4) participants of the folk dance There was a significant negative correlation between learning, physiology and achievement motivation and personal intrinsic hindrance, and learning motivation and structural hindrance; (5) Participants with moderate participation motivation had significant differences in barrier factors and participation. The research suggests that the folk dance promotion group should pay attention to the distribution of the event area, and the planning of the activity content can be graded according to age and physical ability, so that participants are not limited by time and space. It is also possible to increase the participation of the event by teaching the importance of leisure to the importance of personal life, or by converting the content of the activity, and by strengthening time management.
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Liu, Yu-tzu, and 劉郁孜. "Research on Leisure Involvement and Well-being for Community Dance Program Participants." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25373707761228795382.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
102
The purpose of this study was to investigate the current status of leisure involvement and well-being and their relationships among community dance program participants. Questionnaire survey was used to collect the data. A total of 210 questionnaires were given out to targeted respondents of community dance program participants in Hsinchu and Taoyuan area. Two hundred and one questionnaires were validly returned, which made the utilizable questionnaire rate at 95.7 percent. The data analysis of this study was based on descriptive statistics, independent sample t-test, one-way ANOVA and multiple regression analysis. The data indicated that: 1. Leisure involvement and well-being levels of the participants were moderately high. Attraction was most important in leisure involvement, and in well-being, respondents felt interpersonal relationship the most. 2. Married participants had higher leisure involvement. Participants who graduated from middle schools took leisure activity as an important part of life. 3. Elder or married participants had a higher level of well-being. Retired participants were satisfied with their lives and felt secured. 4. The dimension of self-expression in leisure involvement could impact well-being the most.
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Yuan, Chen Yu, and 陳昱元. "The Motivation, Participation and Satisfaction of Leisure in Dance Major Collegiate Students." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90185692631623308531.
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碩士中國文化大學
舞蹈研究所
97
The main purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of motivation, participation and satisfaction of leisure among the subjects of varied background. The current status and relationship among the variables of motivation, participation and satisfaction of leisure were also to be explored. The subjects were selected from dance major collegiate students who enrolled in the first semester of year 2008 Taiwan. The instruments of the research were organized as follows: (a) The Leisure Motivation Scale (b) The Leisure Participation Scale and (c) The Leisure Satisfaction Scale. The data were analyzed by the Descriptive Statistics, Independent-Samples T-test, One-way ANOVA, and Pearson Product-moment correlation. The major results were as follows: 1.The results of Leisure Participation were significant differences in subjects’ different gender, schools and dance-learning experience; the results of Leisure Motivation and Leisure Satisfaction were significant differences in subjects’ different grades. 2.The subjects had highest score in Intellectual aspect of the phase of Leisure Motivation. 3.The subjects had highest score in Mass Media aspect of the phase of Leisure Participation. 4.The subjects had highest score in Relaxation aspect of the phase of Leisure Satisfaction. 5.There were significant relationships among subjects in the phase of Leisure Motivation, Leisure Participation and Leisure Satisfaction.
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WU, Chieh-Ping, and 吳潔萍. "A Study on Dance Sport Participants’ Serious Leisure and Subject Well-being." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59297519942101903611.
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碩士國立臺灣師範大學
運動休閒與餐旅管理研究所
101
The aim of this study was to discuss Participation Behavior, Serious Leisure, and Subject Well-being of participants of Dance Sport. The subjects were enthusiastic participants of Dance Sport in Taipei area. Study tool: 54 questionnaires in 18 factors quoted by “the Serious Leisure Inventory and Measure” the SLIM short form (Gould et al., 2008) ,and 20 questionnaires by “Chinese Happiness Inventory, CHI”. There were 590 valid copies of the survey. Study results showed the followings: (1) Female participants are much more than male. Also it showed an aging situation in Dance Sport. (2) Average dancing duration was 7.09 years; practice frequency was 4.9 hours per week. The result showed that participants were involved in Dance Sport consistently and in a regular pattern. (3) The Factor of “Self-enjoyment and Re-creation” was the highest score in Serious Leisure, while “Financial Return” was the lowest score. (4) The degree of regular participants was higher than school group, married was higher than unmarried, and high salary was higher as well in “Well-being” category. (5) For Serious Leisure and Subject Well-being, different demographic background variables, different degrees of participation behavior displayed significant differences. Participants who were married, self-employed and higher salary had higher involvement. The obvious qualities to whom had longer dance age and more practice frequency; gained more numbers of performances and competition winners; and spent more were high in Serious Leisure. The partiicipants who had more participation and wins, more spending, and self-measurement "easy" level in Dance Sport gained better Well-being. (6) The study showed significant positive correlation in Serious Leisure and Subject Well-being, and different degrees of Serious Leisure can predict level in Subject Well-being. "Hard working and perseverance" is the most effective variable to predict happiness. Not only were the explanations of the findings offered, but the applications were provided. To courage adults to enhance self-realization by in depth participation as the way to promote Dance Sport; and to well understand the participation motives, obstruction, and satisfaction of today's students and consider both learning skills and fun as we postulated Dance Sport was a life-time learning activity by stimulating consistent involvement. Investment spending of Dance Sport was different by person.Therefore we distinguished the target market into "leisure enthusiasts" and "general participants” and planned appropriated marketing strategies to meet the different ethnic groups of Dance Sport enthusiasts. The public sector provided the resources to encourage enthusiasts and amateurs to be teachers in their spare time contributing greatly to Dance Sport promotion.
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Lin, Hsi-Han, and 林昕翰. "Percvied Service Quality and Benefits of Leisure on Taipei City Community College Dance Curriculum Participants." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77094672810921294893.
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碩士中國文化大學
體育學系運動教練碩博士班
98
Community College is a public area for lifelong learning. The scale of the institutions are better developed than the average social clubs or organizations. It also provides more extensive and diversified leisure exercise programs. Purpose: To investigate the correlation and difference in the quality of perceived service and the benefits of leisure from the student of the Taipei City Community College dance curriculum. Methods: The subjects was based on the questionnaire, done by the randomly selected dance curriculum participants from 12 Taipei City Community Colleges. The total of the research polls were 1,800 and 1,728 of them were valid. The percentage of validity was 96%. The methodology of analysis includes descriptive statistics, factor analysis, independent t-test, one-way MANOVA, Pearson correlation analysis. Results: 1.The most of dance curriculum participants are females, accounting for 89.7%, from 26 to 55 years old, accounting for 85.2% high school or above, accounting for 97.4%, businessman and businesswoman, accounting for 23.6%, income 10,001 ~ 30,000 N.T.D., accounting for 31.7% and 30,001 to 50,000 N.T.D., accounting for 31.8%, mostly attend weekday evening classes, 75%, the most commonly chosen course is Belly Dance and Ballroom Dance. 2. Participants perceived service quality in order to "reliability" the highest, "responsiveness" minimum degree of recognition; and benefits of leisure the "aesthetic benefits" and " physiological benefits" of the high recognition. 3. There is significant difference in participants perceived service quality. The participants who are male, with higher age higher, higher monthly disposable income, housewives, are more concerned about perceived service quality. 4. There is significant difference in benefits of leisure. The participants who male, with higher age, lower education level, housewives, and Ballroom Dance participants, emphasize more on leisure benefits. 5. Taipei City Community College dance curriculum perceived service quality and the benefits of leisure in have significant positive correlation. Conclusion: The pros and cons influences of Taipei City Community College dance curriculum participants perceived service quality the participants feelings of the benefits of leisure. Community college courses should consider the professional knowledge of teachers and environment equipment updating to meet the expectations and needs of students, thus enhancing their recreational benefits of the implementation of lifelong learning and adult education purposes.
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Rafferty, Zara. "“Everybody Can Dance the Colour Pink”: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Meanings and Experiences of Inclusive Arts Programs for Practitioners." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5039.
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While the arts have gained a more prominent place in inclusive educational settings, inclusive arts programming in the context of community recreation requires further exploration. In my practice I have found that while inclusive arts opportunities are in high-demand, programs that run are typically infrequent and short-term, leaving many potential participants without a space to explore the arts. In this research I undertook a phenomenological inquiry into the experience of ten practitioners providing inclusive arts programs. Practitioners were drawn from Southwestern and Northwestern Ontario, and from a variety of arts-based fields. This exploration examined practitioners’ images and understandings of inclusion, disability, the arts, and their experiences with inclusive arts programs. The key essences which emerged as components of the inclusive arts experience for practitioners were: Inclusive Arts as an Enabling Space; Exploring Potential through Creative Expression; Flexibility, Adaptations, and Possibilities for Inclusion; Valuing Sameness and Difference in Ability and the Arts; Practitioners’ Experiences of Receiving Gifts and Feeling Strained; and, Embodying Inclusive Arts Values. Practitioners’ experiences within inclusive arts programs were impacted by the values associated with inclusion and the arts. Practitioners who embodied those values in their everyday life found inclusive arts programming to be highly rewarding and meaningful, despite sometimes significant financial and emotional challenges. The essences are also discussed in relation to three cross-cutting aspects of the practitioners’ experience: the medical and social construction of disability, art as inclusion, and the notion of embodiment.
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Cheng, Mei-Yuan, and 鄭美圓. "A Study on the Relationships of Ballroom Dance Amteurs' Serious Leisure Traits, Enduring Involvement,and Flow Experience." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/57437231109950122298.
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碩士大葉大學
休閒事業管理學系碩士在職專班
97
The purpose of the study: (1)Ballroom dance amateurs’ with different backgrounds variate in serious leisure traits, enduring involvement, and flow experience as variables. (2)To understand the relationship between serious leisure traits, enduring involvement, and flow experience. The survey was using purposive sampling, 500 self-administered questionnaires were distributed, resulted in the 462 effective respondents and effective return rate was 92.4 percent. And one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product-moment correlation and stepwise multiple regression were adopted for data analysis. The results are as follows: 1.There were significant differences in serious leisure traits with different back-ground-sex and month income. 2.There weren’t significant differences in enduring involvement with different back-ground. 3.There were significant differences in flow experience with different background-sex, age and occupation. 4.There was a significant positive correlations between serious leisure traits and enduring involvement.Among them, the「Career」and「Attraction」factors have the highcorrelation, the rest ones have moderate correlation. 5.There was a significant positive correlations between serious leisure traits and flow experience.and the correlation degree is low to moderate. 6.There was a significant positive correlations between enduring involvement and flow experience. and the correlative degree is low to moderate.
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Chiang, Chien-Yu, and 江建昱. "A Study on Social Support and Benelits of Leisure of Community College Sports Dance Classes Studentson in Changhua County." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/76575052737936516850.
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碩士大葉大學
管理學院碩士在職專班
99
The purpose of this research was to explore the relevance between the social support and leisure benefits of the sport dance students of Changhua Community University. A dissertation questionnaire was designed for this study and totally 204 questionnaires were dispatched and 204 copies were returned. All of them were valid and the valid rate is 100%. The survey results are as follow: 1. Most of the students in the Sport Dance Class in Changhua Community University are married female, over 50 years old with High School or Vocational High School diplomas; freelance jobs with a salary under 20,000 NT/month. They take both Modern and Latin Dance in the same time. 2. The social support of the students in Sport Dance Class in Changhua Community University is medium-high; the dimension of “teachers’ supports” scored the highest. 3. The leisure benefits of students in the Sport Dance Class in Changhua Community University is medium-high; the dimension of “physiological benefits” scored the highest. 4. The variables of different backgrounds of the students in Sport Dance Class in Changhua Community University show that the students in different age got different support level from the families; however, there was no significant difference on social support and leisure benefits. 5. The higher social support level of the students in Sport Dance Class in Changhua Community University, the more leisure benefits they got.
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BYSTRICKÁ, Jana. "Význam tance v historii a dnes." Master's thesis, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-47993.
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This dissertation covers with exploring the meaning of dance in human life in the history and today. It specialises on dance in the leisure time field and its therapeutic use and describes the evolution of dance since it´s ever been mentioned and its importance to human life at that time. The first part of the dissertation is concentrating on the history of dance in Bohemia and abroad. The chapters chart the time horizon of dance since antics till nowadays. In the highlighted periods of time it tries to elevate the meaning of dance form, which was characteristic for the actual period. The second part of the dissertation focuses on the meaning of dance as a free time activity and concentrates on recent trend {--} belly dance. The last part of the dissertation covers the meaning of dance as a therapeutic instrument in dance movement therapy.
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Hsiao, Mei-Ling, and 蕭美玲. "The Study of Leisure benefits, Flow experience and Well-being for Middle-aged and Elderly Females Participating in Community Dance." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40391826285345974682.
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碩士臺北市立大學
休閒運動管理學系碩士在職專班
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An aging population and the number of females’ participation in sport increasing trend year by year in Taiwan, the Middle-aged and Elderly Females participating in leisure sport is the worth exploring topic, and participating in community dance is one of the females favorite leisure sport, so the purpose of this study is to investigate of leisure benefits, flow experience and well-being for the females participating in community dance.The participants were middle-aged and elderly females participating in community dance in Xizhi District. And 400 questionnaires were distributed by convenience sampling method, 352 returned questionnaires, and 254 valid questionnaires were collected. The instruments were Demographical Variables, Leisure Benefits Scale, Flow Experience Scale and Well-being Scale. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe's methed, Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Stepwise Regression Analysis, using SPSS 22.0 statistical software. The findings were revealed: 1.The participants had a high degree of leisure benefits, flow experience and well-being. 2.The difference in level of education, hours of exercise per week, ages of exercise and health conditions, had no significant effects on leisure benefits. 3.The difference in level of education, hours of exercise per week, had no significant effects on flow experience and well-being. Participants took exercise 4~5 years than took exercise 1~2 years and in good health conditions than those in fair ones, had significantly higher flow experience and well-being. 4.The average analysis, in generally, the longer of exercise ages had a higher flow experience and well-being generally. 5.The leisure benefits and flow experience had positively predictive on well-being. It meant the higher leisure benefits or the higher flow experience, the well-being will be higher.
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羅明葵. "A Study of Leisure Satisfaction, Perceived Exercise Benefits and Community Consciousness for the Women Who Continuously Participated in Community Dance Club." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/27764148551450790523.
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碩士國立體育學院
體育研究所
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Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare the differences of leisure satisfaction, perceived exercise benefits and community consciousness between the women with different personal variables who have been participating community dance club more than one year. The subjects were 313 women. Some of them lived in Taichung City, while the others lived in Nantou County. All the subjects leisure satisfaction scale, perceived exercise benefits scale, community consciousness scale. The results were as the following: 1.Difference in leisure satisfaction (a) There were differences between women who lived in city and women who lived in county.(b) There were differences between different ages.(c) There were differences between women who spent many years in dance club and women who did fewer years in dance club.(d) Differences exist between women who attended dance club many times per week and women who attended dance club less times per week. 2.Difference in perceived exercise benefits:(a) Differences exist between women who lived in city and women whom lived in county.(b) Differences exist between different ages. (c) Differences exist between women who spent many years in dance club and women who did fewer years in dance club. 3.Difference in community consciousness:(a) There were differences between women who lived in city and women who lived in county.(b) There were differences between women who spent many years in dance club and women who did fewer years in dance club. 4.The canonical correlation among leisure satisfaction, perceived exercise benefits and community consciousness :(a) Two sets of factors reveal significant canonical correlation between leisure satisfaction and perceived exercise benefits.(b) One set of factor reveals significant canonical correlation between leisure satisfaction and community consciousness.(c) One set of factor reveals significant canonical correlation between perceived xercise benefits and community consciousness.
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LIAO, YEN FU-TING, and 廖顏馥婷. "A Study of the Subculture, Self-Identity, Serious Leisure and Well-being of Senior High Schools and Vocational High Schools Students of Street Dance Clubs." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/mr8j4r.
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碩士聖約翰科技大學
工業工程與管理系碩士在職專班
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The Street Dance Club is highly popular among high school students. With the education goal of diverse learning, the street dance club continues to flourish. This study aims to investigate the correlation between the sub-culture, self-identity, serious leisure and the well-being of participants to the street dance clubs through the survey of 430 ordinary and vocational high school students based at the Taipei city and the New Taipei city. The data analysis was carried out using statistical methods, including descriptive statistics, t-test, single-factor analysis of variation, Pearson product-moment correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. Our results indicate as follows. 1. Participants to street dance clubs attain a nearly medium level in terms of sub-culture, and a medium- to high-level in terms of self-identity, serious leisure and well-being. 2. Participants with different backgrounds differ significantly in their sub-culture, self-identity, serious leisure and well-being. 3. There are positive correlations between sub-culture, self-identity and serious leisure among club participants, positive correlations between self- identity, serious leisure and well-being. In addition, serious leisure is positive correlation with well-being. 4. Four factors in sub-culture, self-identity, and serious leisure are identified for the prediction of well-being, and the combined predictive power is 47.6%. Among the four factors, “personal identity” has the best prediction power, with a value of 34.8%. According the results, there are highly correlation within the self-identity, serious leisure and the well-being for participants of the street dance clubs. Our empirical results suggest that improving self-identity, and continuous participation would help improve the well-being of the students. Keywords: teenager, cultural difference, club activity, hip-hop, subjective well-being
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CHEN-HUI-LING and 陳慧玲. "The Relevant Research of Leisure Satisfaction and Community Consciousness-taking the Women Particpating in Community Dance Classes in the Northern Area of Pingtung City as the example." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/mmrb76.
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碩士大仁科技大學
休閒健康管理研究所
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This study is mainly to understand the relationship between the women leisure satisfaction, involving continously in community leisure activities due to different personal background, and community consciousnes. Survey samples were 316 women in the northern rigional community dance classes of Pingtung City. Collective information is from the leisure satisfaction scale, sense of community scale and qualitative interviews. With a cluster sampling method, the participants in routine daily activities were clearly informed and finished the questionnaires on the spot. The results showed: I. The differences in leisure satisfaction aspects: (I) the differences in leisure satisfaction according to the location of participating in community dance classes and the habitat (II) the differences of leisure satisfaction in different age of women (III) the differences of leisure satisfaction in different years of women's participation (IV) the differences of leisure satisfaction in the various activities weekly (V) the differences of leisure satisfaction in the length of inhabiting in the community II. The differences in community awareness aspects: (I) the differences in the sense of community according to the location of participating in community dance classes and the habitat (II) the differences of the sense of community in different age of women (III)the differences of the sense of community in different years of women's participation (IV)the differences of the sense of community in the various activities weekly (V)the differences of the sense of community in the length of inhabiting in the community III. The relevant aspects between women's leisure satisfaction in the participation of community dance classes and a sense of community : (I) Leisure satisfaction and a sense of community by Pearson correlation analysis among each variable correlation show the significant connections. (II) To testify the relevent aspects to leisure satisfaction and community awareness of the women, who continuously take part in community dance classes, canonical correlation analysis on typical load, self explanatory power and the number of overlap are used. (III)Using the ways of qualitative interviews verifies the revelence to the women continuing participation in community dance classes for leisure satisfaction and community awareness, which is more suitable for the researcher
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Ježková, Martina. "Společenský tanec jako forma využití volného času." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-330058.
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Annotation: This thesis aims to reveal to the general public, what dance is in the eyes of professional dancers, and to recommend ballroom dancing as one of the very good ways to meaningfully use their free time. The aim is to find out how pupils and students under 20 years of age spend their free time and how they perceive dance as a leisure activity. This work is divided into theoretical and empirical part. In the theoretical part, I explain the concept of free time and the importance of meaningful use of it. Further, I detail the history of dance, which shows why people started to dance and what it yields to them. The theoretical part also includes information about the dance sport, institutions providing dance training, sports nutrition, and also the fact that dance can help and heal. The empirical part is devoted to questionnaires measuring how much of their free time children spend on dance activities, and guided interviews with professional dancers who let us peek into their dance world. These dancers will answer the questions: why dancing became their way of life, what positives and negatives it brings, what is so beautiful and liberating about the dance, and also why a place called Blackpool is often mentioned in the dance environment.
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HSIA, TSUNG-HUI, and 夏聰惠. "The Relationships among Intrinsic Leisure Motivation, Serious Leisure and Leisure Satisfaction -A Sample for Participants in Aerobic Dances." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88x5fw.
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碩士世新大學
觀光學研究所(含碩專班)
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In recent years, the government has vigorously promoted the national leisure movement, to encourage the people, and develop a good habit of exercise to enhance the overall quality of life of the people. At present, the growing demand for leisure sports, more and more people into the ranks of the campaign, aerobic dance is one of the popular among the people. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship among intrinsic leisure motivation, serious leisure and leisure satisfaction with the participants in aerobic dances. In this study, 380 questionnaires were sent to such as the sports centers, health clubs, communities, schools and other aerobic classes or aerobic dance societies. A total of 296 valid questionnaires were obtained and the effective ratio of questionnaires was 77.9%. SPSS and AMOS analysis software were used for descriptive statistical analysis, reliability and validity test, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. The results show that the intrinsic leisure motivation has a significant positive effect on leisure satisfaction. The intrinsic leisure motivation has a significant positive effect on serious leisure, and serious leisure has a significant positive effect on leisure satisfaction Serious leisure has the median effect on the intrinsic leisure motivation and leisure satisfaction. The results of this study have the meaning of management, and for future reseaech.
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Shu-Mei, Wang, and 王淑媚. "FACTORS OF MOTIVATION AND CONSTRAINT OF TAKING DANCE LESSONS IN LEISUCE TIME OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCHILD ─ A CASE STUDY IN HUWEI TOWN ,YUNLIN COUNTY, TAIWAN." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/05584866736345025721.
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碩士國立台灣體育學院
體育研究所
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This study aimed to examine the relationship between learning motivation of dancing and its constraint factors in elementary schools. A census was conducted to survey all the fifth-grade and sixth-grade elementary school students in Huwei Town of Yunlin County. The researcher constructed a survey questionnaire for elementary school students to measure learning motivation of dancing and its constraint factors. 1,962 questionnaires were distributed, and 1,795 returned, with 1,456 valid samples（81.1% valid response rate）Statistical software SPSS version 12.0 was used to analyze the collected data. The results showed that: 1）learning motivation of dancing significantly differed in demographic factors such as gender and educational background of parents; 2）constraint factors of learning dancing significantly differed in demographic factors such as age, educational background of mother, and number of children in the family; 3）each item of learning motivation of dancing and constraint factors of learning dancing significantly differed in demographic factors; 4）dimensions of learning motivation of dancing were significantly related to each dimension of constraint factors and furthermore biological dimension and psychological dimension（r = 0.854）, biological dimension and interpersonal dimension （r = 0.680）, and psychological and interpersonal dimension（r = 0.739）, all hade high correlations with each other. Intrapersonal constrain and interpersonal constrain （r = 0.729）, intrapersonal constrain and structural constrain（r = 0.622）, and interpersonal constrain and structural constrain （r = 0.706） all had high correlations with each other.