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1924-, Vaughan David, ed. Merce Cunningham: Creative elements. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1997.

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Robb, Martha. Irish dancing costume: Elements of history and design. National College of Art and Design, 1998.

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Tucker, Henry. Clog dancing made easy: The elements and practice of that art arranged, simplified and corrected-with examples. C. Brady, 1989.

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David, Pacun, ed. Japanese elements in Michio Ito's early period (1915-1924): Meetings of East and West in the collaborative works. Gendai Tosho, 2006.

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Breathnach, Breandán. Folk music and dances of Ireland: A comprehensive study examining the basic elements of Irish folk music and dance traditions. Ossian, published in association with Mercier Press, 1996.

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Gavaldon, Sabel. Elements of vogue: Un caso de estudio de performance radical = a case study in radical performance. CA2M, 2019.

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Gizzi, Corrado. Il ponte del capello: Elementi della tradizione islamica e della visione di Alberico nella poesia di Dante. Ianieri, 2008.

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Paliga, Sorin. Etymological lexicon of the indigenous (thracian) elements in romanian =: Lexicon etimologic al elementelor autohtone (traco-dace) ale limbii române. Fundatia Evenimentul, 2006.

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Gasparini, Evel. Il matriarcato slavo. Edited by Marcello Garzaniti and Donatella Possamai. Firenze University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-8453-999-1.

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This book on Slavic matriarchy is the result of the studies and researches that Evel Gasparini carried out over the span of his lifetime. Intrigued by the possibility of a close link between the collective ownership of the land and the ancient agricultural-matriarchal substrate of Slav culture, Gasparini launched on the titanic enterprise of analysing the archaeological and historical sources of early Slavic civilisation. Basing himself on a concept of culture elaborated in the ethnological field, he brought to light certain contradictions in the application of the Indo-European paradigm to Slavic culture and identified a series of elements illustrating the matriarchal substrate. Exploiting an uncommon knowledge of cultural anthropology and profound linguistic competencies, in this book Gasparini maps out a complex panorama ranging from the economy to the social structure and from the religious traditions to music and dance. Out of print for some time, the book is now proposed in a new, more convenient form, complete with an appendix on Finns and Slavs – which was originally intended as another chapter in the book but was then left out – a detailed preface by Gasparini's disciple Remo Faccani, and a bibliography of the scholar's oeuvre edited by Donatella Possamai.

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Keenleyside, Karen Anne. Elemental composition of vertebral bone of the northern redbelly dace, Phoxinus eos, in relation to lake environmental factors. National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1993.

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Vasil'ev, Oleg, Evgeniy Achkasov, and Sergey Levushkin. Damage to the musculoskeletal system from overload in ballet and sports medicine. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1938064.

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The monograph, based on a long-term interdisciplinary study, outlines the features of the diagnosis and rehabilitation of injuries from overload of the lower limb on movement patterns unnatural for normal life, but typical for types of motor activity associated with the art of movement (choreography, classical dance, rhythmic gymnastics, etc.). It is shown that not so much professional requirements, as a lack of constitutional conditioned abilities are the cause of overload damage, the main predictor of which is muscle hypertonicity. The main X-ray morphological types of the structure of hip joints in this contingent of persons are given. The clinical significance of evaluating the performance of basic choreographic elements and the availability of professional abilities for diagnostic purposes is shown. A professionally oriented algorithm for diagnosing overload damage has been proposed, unique clinical-functional and clinical-biomechanical diagnostic methods have been developed. Reference indicators of dosing and assessment of the adequacy of local physical activity on the restored link of the musculoskeletal system are proposed, a mathematical model of their application is developed. Professionally oriented methods and features of using physical activity with a training effect for rehabilitation purposes using sports training tools and natural and geographical factors, as well as features of the use of Chinese Taijiquan gymnastics are described. The algorithm of multilevel rehabilitation based on N.A. Bernstein's theory of motion construction is described. For students, postgraduates and teachers of medical universities. It will be of interest to sports medicine doctors, orthopedic traumatologists, rehabilitologists and other specialists in the field of medical and biological support of choreography and sports.

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Hugh, Stewart, and Cambridge University English Country Dancing Club., eds. Elements of English country dance. The Round, 1992.

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Elements of the Immortal Dance. Independently Published, 2021.

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Martinez, Cayce, and A. M. Deese. Submerged: Dance of the Elements. A. M. Deese, 2022.

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Martinez, Cayce, and A. M. Deese. Windswept: Dance of the Elements. A. M. Deese, 2022.

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Vaughan, David. Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Vaughan, David. Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Jesse, Caffyn. Elements of Intimacy: The Dance of Loving Connection. Independently Published, 2019.

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The knowing body: Elements of contemporary performance & dance. Shambhala, 1986.

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Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements. Routledge, 2013.

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Vaughan, David. Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Vaughan, David. Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements. Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

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Koner, Pauline. Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera (Choreography and Dance). Routledge, 1992.

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Armbruster, Maximilian. Dance Dancing Chemistry Elements Dancer Dancers: Graph Paper 1 Cm with 120 Pages. Independently Published, 2020.

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Nickel, James D. The Dance of Number: Elements of the Dance - Becoming Proficient in Arithmetic Volume 2. Sound Mind Press, 2018.

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The Dance of Number: Elements of the Dance - Becoming Proficient in Arithmetic Volume 1. Sound Mind Press, 2018.

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Koner, Pauline. Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Koner, Pauline. Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Koner, Pauline. Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera. Routledge, 2013.

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Elements of performance: A guide for performers in dance, theatre, and opera. Harwood Academic Publishers, 1993.

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Elements of Meitei folklore. B. Kuklubin Sharma, 2014.

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Koner, Pauline. Elements of Performance (Choreography and Dance Studies, Vol 4). Routledge, 1992.

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Loring, Dawn Davis, and Julie L. Pentz. Dance Appreciation. Human Kinetics, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718230668.

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Dance Appreciation meets the needs of dance students who are new to dance as well as those who are experienced in the art form. The text helps learners discover more about themselves, connect with dance, and make it a relevant and vital part of their lives. Dance Appreciation includes the following: Instructor ancillaries consisting of an instructor guide, test package, and PowerPoint presentation package make the teaching experience both easier and more effective, whether teaching in face-to-face or online settings.HKPropel Access supplies students with learning activities, individual and group projects, handouts, time lines, suggestions for further reading, video recommendations, and more to facilitate the learning experience.Five video segments demonstrate elements of dance and offer associated learning and movement activities, bringing the content to life for students.Textbook elements such as learning objectives, key terms, Enduring Understanding statements, Spotlight special elements, and chapter discussion questions help students navigate the chapters and retain the essential content. Dance Appreciation helps students understand dance from the perspectives of dancers, choreographers, and professionals in other careers related to dance. Students are introduced to a broad range of dance genres and learn to connect dance with other academic and artistic disciplines and with their own life experiences.

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Koner, Pauline. Elements of Performance: A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera. Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.

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Dance portraits: A choreographic investigation of formal elements as parallel means of expression in painting and dance. 1986.

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Dance portraits: A choreographic investigation of formal elements as parallel means of expression in painting and dance. 1987.

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Vaughan, David. Merce Cunningham: Creative Elements ((Choreography & Dance Ser. ; Vol. 4, Pt. 2)). Routledge, 1996.

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Holland, Nola Nolen. Music Fundamentals for Dance. Human Kinetics, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718212855.

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Music Fundamentals for Dance provides students with a fundamental understanding of music and how it applies to dance performance, composition, and teaching. This valuable reference helps professional choreographers, dance educators, and dancers expand their knowledge of music and understand the relationships between music and dance. Fundamentals of Music for Dance helps dancers understand of the elements of music—form and structure, musical time, melody, texture, and score reading—and how they relate to dance performance and choreography. They will learn music vocabulary for easier communication with other dancers, musicians, and conductors. Overviews of musical forms, styles, and genres are complemented by an examination of their relation to dance and choreography. Each chapter ends with exercises, activities, and projects that offer students a range of active learning experiences to connect music fundamentals to their dance training. An accompanying web resource contains these features: • Extended learning activities and support materials, including practice opportunities combining music skills with dance or choreography, chapter summaries, a glossary, websites, and handouts to help students practice music skills • Music clips on the website offer ready-made examples, which students can use in applying concepts from the book Written by an experienced dance educator, dancer, and choreographer, Music Fundamentals for Dance is the only current text that explains essential concepts of music and examines these concepts in relation to dance performance, composition, and teaching. By providing readers with a foundation of music knowledge, Music Fundamentals for Dance assists both future and current professionals in understanding the art form that will enhance their contributions as performers, choreographers, and educators.

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Martin, Nancy. Dance Your Way to an Empowered Self: Four Elements to Achieve Shining Confidence. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018.

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We'Moon 2014 Gaia Rhythms for Womyn : Radical Balance: Dance of the Five Elements. Mother Tongue Ink, 2013.

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Carline, Sally. Lesson Plans for Creative Dance. Human Kinetics, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718212909.

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Children love to express themselves through movement—and with this great new resource, you can guide them through a range of actions and dances that will help them develop both physically and mentally. Lesson Plans for Creative Dance: Connecting With Literature, Arts, and Music is a resource for physical educators, classroom teachers, and dance specialists as well as a useful supplement to college level elementary education courses. Author Sally Carline has tested and refined the creative movement activities that she has prepared for educators and for preservice teachers, and she includes background material that will ground you in understanding how to best teach and incorporate movement activities in a variety of classes and settings. Lesson Plans for Creative Dance supplies you with • lesson plans that incorporate Laban movement concepts and extend children’s movement vocabulary; • a progression of learning that creates a rich, extended experience for students; • 28 dances with music for students through age 12; and • ways to incorporate dance with various types of literature, art, and music. Part I presents guidelines for assessing creative dance based on Rudolf Laban’s analysis of human movement. You learn about body, dynamic, spatial, and relationship awareness and gain insight into using rubrics to evaluate your students. You also learn how to help children warm up properly, channel their energy, and improve their footwork and rhythmic skills. Part I will help you incorporate dance with action words, action rhymes, and other poetry as well as with visuals and rhythm in a variety of settings. Part II offers 28 age-appropriate, ready-to-use dances that include a variety of lesson progressions as your students acquire and develop movement skills. You will be able to teach dance skills and incorporate other creative elements and concepts to give your students an understanding of the many ways in which a skill can be performed. Through Lesson Plans for Creative Dance, you can work on several ideas within the same lesson and continue to develop those ideas in future lessons. You can also incorporate ideas from language arts, social studies, art, music, and science to facilitate children’s learning and increase their enjoyment of various subjects. This lesson planner will help you take your movement education to the next level, help your students acquire skills and knowledge, and bring meaning and joy to your creative dance sessions.

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Guarino, Lindsay, Carlos R. A. Jones, and Wendy Oliver, eds. Rooted Jazz Dance. University Press of Florida, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813069111.001.0001.

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An African American art form, jazz dance has an inaccurate historical narrative that often sets Euro-American aesthetics and values at the inception of the jazz dance genealogy. The roots were systemically erased and remain widely marginalized and untaught, and the devaluation of its Africanist origins and lineage has largely gone unchallenged. Decolonizing contemporary jazz dance practice, this book examines the state of jazz dance theory, pedagogy, and choreography in the twenty-first century, recovering and affirming the lifeblood of jazz in Africanist aesthetics and Black American culture. Rooted Jazz Dance brings together jazz dance scholars, practitioners, choreographers, and educators from across the United States and Canada with the goal of changing the course of practice in future generations. Contributors delve into the Africanist elements within jazz dance and discuss the role of Whiteness, including Eurocentric technique and ideology, in marginalizing African American vernacular dance, which has resulted in the prominence of Eurocentric jazz styles and the systemic erosion of the roots. These chapters offer strategies for teaching rooted jazz dance, examples for changing dance curricula, and artist perspectives on choreographing and performing jazz. Above all, they emphasize the importance of centering Africanist and African American principles, aesthetics, and values. Arguing that the history of jazz dance is closely tied to the history of racism in the United States, these essays challenge a century of misappropriation and lean into difficult conversations of reparations for jazz dance. This volume overcomes a major roadblock to racial justice in the dance field by amplifying the people and culture responsible for the jazz language.

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Duffy, Ali. Careers in Dance. Human Kinetics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718212701.

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Never before has a greater variety of careers been available in dance—and never before has such comprehensive, expert guidance on those burgeoning careers been accessible in one book. Careers in Dance is a master guide that will help students navigate the expanding opportunities in dance and familiarize current professionals with potential career choices that best align with their pursuits and strengths. This highly practical text offers a wealth of information on career options in a variety of settings and with a variety of focuses, including commercial ventures, scholarly pursuits, administrative avenues, medical and scientific settings, and interdisciplinary opportunities. Readers are guided in discovering their deepest interests and learning how to translate their unique strengths into rich and fulfilling careers. In keeping with recent trends in higher education dance programs, Careers in Dance spotlights entrepreneurship and leadership opportunities for dancers, delving into an array of options and offering much-needed advice. The book covers some of the social and cultural influences that affect success in the field, and it explores various career opportunities: • K-12 and postsecondary dance education • Dance studios • Performance, choreography, and production • Dance research, analytical writing, and journalism • Dance administration and advocacy • Dance science, therapy, and medical and somatic practices • Private competition companies • Technical theater and related areas The text also helps readers understand the connections between dance and other disciplines. For example, it details the interdisciplinary opportunities involving technology, technical theater, and media. It also notes the possibilities for continued education in graduate school programs and suggests approaches to acclimating to life as a working professional. Careers in Dance offers two recurring elements throughout the book: 1. Profiles of, and interviews with, esteemed professional dancers, revealing their real-world experiences and affording insights into different dance careers 2. Reflection prompts that encourage self-reflection and prepare readers to seek career development and career advancement opportunities This text explores the opportunities dance students and professionals can pursue, helps them pinpoint their areas of interest and strengths, and equips them to create their unique paths to a fulfilling career in dance. In doing so, Careers in Dance provides the advice and strategies dancers need to actualize their own destinies in dance. AUDIENCE Text for undergraduate courses on careers, entrepreneurship, and leadership, and for dance students embarking on careers. Reference for professionals considering career changes in the dance field.

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Pomer, Janice. Elementary Dance Education. Human Kinetics, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718227408.

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Children love to observe, explore, learn, and create. Elementary Dance Education helps them do all four. And it does so in a unique way, shaping its movement activities around nature themes. In fact, all of the learning experiences are based on different aspects of nature, as the text intertwines children’s innate curiosity and observation skills with the processes of scientific inquiry and artistic creation. Elementary Dance Education helps teachers develop the instructional skills they need to incorporate dance into their curricula, providing over 70 movement activities and exercises for students in grades K-6. The activities, which stimulate children’s minds and bodies through the process of collaborative dance creation, include variations for younger and older students. Ideas are offered for partner or small-group explorations, making the activities more inclusive and appropriate for each age group. Another unique feature of this book is the original music accompanying it. Teachers have access to 90 minutes of dynamic sounds, rhythmic percussion, captivating electro-acoustic compositions, and gentle atmospheric selections, delivered through HKPropel, to accompany the learning experiences. The compositions support students’ movement explorations, conveying a range of images and emotions and inspiring a variety of responses. In addition, Elementary Dance Education offers the following: Discussion questions for each exercise, prompting in-class discussion and student exploration; the questions come with sample answers or ideas to encourage student responses and spur a fruitful discussion75 photos and several diagrams to illustrate positions and poses and stimulate ideas for the movement exercisesJournal prompts, tailored for older and younger children, to give students the opportunity to respond and reflect on the learning experiencesVideo links (provided in HKPropel) to help illustrate concepts and exercises, offer examples, or encourage students to watch for something specific in an activity The book’s first chapter introduces the basic elements of dance; the remaining seven chapters offer movement exercises in various areas of nature: plants, animals, water, earth, sky, people, and other wonders. This book is a rich and easy-to-implement resource not only for elementary dance educators and physical educators but for classroom teachers as well. The exercises in this book use a template for movement discovery in which students will observe, explore, create, and share. This template “can be applied to all areas of the curriculum,” says author Janice Pomer. “It’s an invaluable tool for student engagement, satisfying children’s capacity to watch, wonder, move, interact, discover, and share.” Elementary Dance Education will promote children’s creativity and curiosity, engage and challenge their minds and bodies, and help them learn to appreciate and support each other as they work together exploring, creating, and sharing their ideas and insights about the natural world through dance. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.

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Guss-West, Clare. Attention and Focus in Dance. Human Kinetics, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781718212718.

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The Western approach to dance is largely focused on control and mastery of technique, both of which are certainly necessary skills for improving performance. But mindful attention, despite its critical role in high performance, has gotten short shrift—until now. Attention and Focus in Dance, a how-to book rooted in the 20 years of attentional focus findings of researcher Gabriele Wulf, will help dancers unlock their power and stamina reserves, enabling efficient movement, heightening their sensory perception and releasing their dance potential. Author Clare Guss-West—a professional dancer, choreographer, teacher and holistic practitioner—presents a systematic, science-based approach to the mental work of dance. Her approach helps dancers hone the skills of attention, focus and self-cueing to replenish energy and enhance their physical and artistic performance. A Unique, Research-Based Approach Here is what Attention and Focus in Dance offers readers: • A unique approach, connecting the foundations of Eastern movement with Western movement forms • Research-based teaching practices in diverse contexts, including professional dance companies, private studios, and programmes for dancers with special needs or movement challenges • Testimonies and tips from international professional dancers and dance educators who use the book's approach in their training and teaching • A dance-centric focus that can be easily integrated into existing training and teaching practice, in rehearsal, or in rehabilitation contexts to provide immediate and long-term benefits Guss-West explores attentional focus techniques for dancers, teachers and dance health care practitioners, making practical connections between research, movement theory and day-to-day dance practice. “Many dancers are using excessive energy deployment and significant counterproductive effort, and that can lead to a global movement dysfunction, lack of stamina and an increased risk of injury,” says Guss-West. “Attentional focus training is the most relevant study that sport science and Eastern-movement practice can bring to dance.” Book Organisation The text is organised into two parts. Part I guides dancers in looking at the attentional challenges and information overload that many professional dancers suffer from. It outlines the need for a systematic attention and focus strategy, and it explains how scientific research on attentional focus relates to dance practice. This part also examines the ways in which Eastern-movement principles intersect with and complement scientific findings, and it examines how the Eastern and scientific concepts can breathe new life into basic dance elements such as posture, turnout and port de bras. Attention and focus techniques are included for replenishing energy and protecting against energy depletion and exhaustion. Part II presents attention and focus strategies for teaching, self-coaching and cueing. It addresses attentional focus cues for beginners and for more advanced dancers and professionals, and it places attentional focus in the broader context of holistic teaching strategies. Maximising Dance Potential “Whether cueing others or yourself, cueing for high performance is an art,” Guss-West says. “Readers will discover how to format cues and feedback to facilitate effective neuromuscular response and enhance dancer recall of information and accessibility while dancing.” Attention and Focus in Dance offers an abundance of research-backed concepts and inspirational ideas that can help dancers in their learning and performance. This book aids readers in filtering information and directing their focus for optimal physical effect. Ultimately, it guides dancers and teachers in being the best version of themselves and maximising their potential in dance.

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Sky, Cathy Larson. " I'd barter them all": Elements of change in the traditional music of County Clare, Ireland. 1997.

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Schlapbach, Karin. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198807728.003.0001.

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The Introduction gives an overview of the elements and literary contexts of ancient dance discourse. It discusses in particular the modalities of ekphraseis of narrative and acrobatic dances, drawing attention to the specific conditions of a dynamic medium based on the human body, which may or may not convey a representational content. Finally, it argues that it is the double nature of dance, which is able both to represent entire myths and to be a performance of nothing but itself, that sparked highly sophisticated reflections on the relationship between dance and meaning in authors such as Apuleius and Nonnus. Dance in all its forms was seen as a cultural activity through which meanings are constantly negotiated, redefined, and reaffirmed.

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Fullington, Doug. Finding the Balance: Pantomime and Dance in Ratmansky’s New/Old Sleeping Beauty. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199935321.013.169.

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This article focuses on the development of the pas d’action by Marius Petipa, its zenith in his 1890 The Sleeping Beauty, and its twenty-first-century restoration by Alexei Ratmansky in his 2015 production of The Sleeping Beauty for American Ballet Theatre. Source materials inform a context-setting discussion of the mid-nineteenth-century scène dansante as found in Giselle (1841), Paquita (1846), and Le Corsaire (1856). Petipa’s subsequent utilization of the elements of the scène dansante in the large-scale pas d’action is introduced with examples from his The Pharaoh’s Daughter (1862) and La Bayadère (1877). The culmination of the form is found in Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty (1890), in which each act includes a pas d’action as its centerpiece. The tradition of the pas d’action continued in Petipa’s late Raymonda (1898) and even into the twentieth century, with Stravinsky’s Apollon-Musagète (1927–1928).

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