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Liu, Courtney – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
Flow states have been linked to positive emotions, optimal focus, productivity, and a stronger sense of self through learning. Past research has confirmed that dancers experience flow, that flow in dance is related to spirituality and community connectedness, and that environmental factors can inhibit or facilitate dancing flow. This exploratory…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Teaching Methods, Attention
Stackpole, América I.; Quiroga-Garza, Angélica – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
We conducted an intervention based on Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) with dance students to improve their performance and reduce their anxiety levels. Sixteen students from a dance conservatory participated in a quasi-experimental mixed research, test-posttest design without control group, consisting of five SFBT sessions. Their teachers…
Descriptors: Dance, Dance Education, Anxiety, Psychotherapy
Marsha Barsky – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
One of my principle aims as a dance educator is to cultivate somatic-based learning environments so that students develop, integrate, and hone a holistic, embodied sense of self. In order to achieve this objective, I strive to help students connect their movement to their ongoing thoughts, sensations, and perceptions. In this article, I describe…
Descriptors: Dance, Educational Environment, Movement Education, Teachers
Crystal U. Davis; Selene Carter; Susan R. Koff – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
Laban Movement Analysis is a common resource used in dance education curricula in the United States. When used to analyze dance forms that are created outside the Eurocentric lineage, the application of this system must be contextualized as a perspective stemming from beyond the mores of the cultural creators of that dance form. This article…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Movement Education, Dance, Learning Processes
M'Lissa K. Franks – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the experiences of college dance majors in Texas who have a background in studio dance, competitive dance, or drill team as they navigate the culture of dance in postsecondary education. At this stage in the research, the experience of college dance majors will be generally defined as the…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Competition, Educational Change, College Students
Sally A. Radell; Mara P. Mandradjieff; Smrithi R. Ramachandran; Daniel D. Adame; Steven P. Cole – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
This study investigates the impact of partial versus full mirror use on body image in a beginner-level ballet class. At the end of a seven-week period, researchers distributed an online survey inclusive of qualitative questions to two groups of female collegiate students enrolled in separate beginner-level ballet courses taught by the same…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Teaching Methods, Self Concept, Human Body
Tanya Berg – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
This paper illuminates kinesthesia's role in ballet training by revealing findings of a study regarding non-tactile corporeal communication termed kinesthetic dialogue. Even before the novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) heightened awareness of physical distancing, physical interaction between teacher and student was already increasingly…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Dance Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Processes
Ojeya Cruz Banks – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
Memoirs of studying with acclaimed dancer-choreographer Moustapha Bangoura in the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, illuminate the significant, yet unspoken role played by the "djembefola" (lead drummer) in teaching and learning dance. This portrait provides autobiographical and ethnographic insights, gained through attending "Le…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dance Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Decolonization
Lindsay Lindberg; Ananda Marin; Zoe Silverman – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
We demonstrate the ways an improvisational dance workshop provided the opportunity for university students to be autonomous actors and engage in embodied sense-making through dance--two key parts of the conceptualization of enactive cognition. As part of a Design-Based Research project, we use Interaction Analysis to present examples of using…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Creative Activities, Schemata (Cognition), Independent Study
Alison E. Leonard – Journal of Dance Education, 2023
This "In Practice Article" provides recommendations on how to utilize "Journal of Dance Education (JoDE)" articles with secondary education students (typically ages 10-18), featuring examples of all four types of "JoDE" articles (Feature Articles, In-Practice Articles, Student Readings, and Book Reviews). These…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Dance Education, Secondary Education, Journal Articles
Baran, Audrey Ipapo – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
Contemporary dance and meditative practices are increasingly intertwining in both academic and professional settings as the wide range of current mind/body modalities infiltrate the already vast landscape of modern dance. While the value of emphasizing mindful movement in dance cannot be understated, focusing solely on the slower, sensorial…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Metacognition, Sensory Experience, Majors (Students)
Duffy, Ali – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
Postsecondary dance technique teachers negotiate extensive physical demands throughout their careers. As they rise through the academic ranks, their bodies age, and with age sometimes comes limited mobility, decreasing strength, and injuries. Further, mental and emotional processes and self-perceptions sometimes change in response to diminishing…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Aging (Individuals), Physical Mobility, Muscular Strength
DiPasquale, Sarah – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
Dancers embody movement with an individualized approach, informed by their own unique physicality, creativity, and lived experience. In this paper, the author describes an integrative dance course in higher education that invites adult community members with developmental and intellectual disabilities to dance alongside college students twice per…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Creative Activities, Higher Education, Adults
T'ai, Gina – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
Performing Gender is an interdisciplinary course studying the history, media, and creation of drag and burlesque performance. This article outlines the academic, emotional, and transformative journey that my students and I embarked on during the Fall 2018 semester. We built a Drag Family House, went to a professional show off-campus, examined our…
Descriptors: Dance, Theater Arts, College Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
Bonner, Tracey – Journal of Dance Education, 2022
Commercial dance forms, specifically musical theater dance, remain highly marginalized within higher education research. This article presents the need to establish more scholarly research in musical theater dance and points out the ethnographic identity of the genre in our global society. Ethnographic study can be useful in validating musical…
Descriptors: Dance Education, Ethnography, Educational History, Self Concept