Dance and the Quality of Life (Social Indicators Research Series Book 73)

This is the first volume devoted to the topic of dance and quality of life. Thirty-one chapters illuminate dance in relation to singular and overlapping themes of nature, philosophy, spirituality, religion, life span, learning, love, family, teaching, creativity, ability, socio-cultural identity, politics and change, sex and gender, wellbeing, and more. With contributions from a multi-generational group of artists, community workers, educators, philosophers, researchers, students and health professionals, this volume presents a thoughtful, expansive-yet-focused, and nuanced discussion of dance’s contribution to human life. The volume will interest dance specialists, quality of life researchers, and anyone interested in exploring dance’s contribution to quality of living and being. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Introduction: At Last, Together (Karen Bond)....Pages 1-20 Front Matter ....Pages 21-21 Canyon Consciousness (Sondra Fraleigh)....Pages 23-44 Dancing the Landscape (Don Asker)....Pages 45-65 In the Shadow of Crisis: Dance and Meaning in the Anthropocene (Robert Bingham)....Pages 67-80 Front Matter ....Pages 81-81 Dance as a Taonga from Children to the World: A Perspective from Aotearoa New Zealand (Adrienne Sansom)....Pages 83-100 West African Dance and Spiritual Well-Being for African Americans (Ojeya Cruz Banks, Jeanette “Adama Jewel” Jackson)....Pages 101-115 Dancing on Earth: The Healing Dance of Kalahari Bushmen and the Native American Ghost Dance Religion (Kimerer L. LaMothe)....Pages 117-133 The Spirit Moves: Christian Trance Dance in Late Medieval Europe and Early Nineteenth-Century America (Jessica Van Oort)....Pages 135-151 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 How Seudati Put Me in Touch with Birds (Sally Gardner)....Pages 155-165 Pause. Listen.: Visibility and Freedom in Choreographic Practice (Simon Ellis)....Pages 167-183 Beauty in Disability: An Aesthetics for Dance and for Life (Aili Bresnahan, Michael Deckard)....Pages 185-203 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 “Just Me and Daddy” (Byron Richard)....Pages 207-225 Fathers, Sons and Encounters in Dance (Isto Turpeinen, Ralph Buck)....Pages 227-243 Friction: Male Identity and Representation in Umfundalai (C. Kemal Nance)....Pages 245-260 Front Matter ....Pages 261-261 The Impact of Community Engagement Through Dance on Teen and Young Adult Dancers (Miriam Giguere)....Pages 263-280 Understanding Quality of Life Through the Experiences of Dancers with Parkinson’s (Sara Houston, Ashley McGill)....Pages 281-291 Dance and Well-Being: Honoring Caroline Plummer (Uzoamaka Nwankpa, Stephanie Bevill)....Pages 293-306 Somatic Movement Dance Education: A Feminist, Cognitive, Phenomenological Perspective on Creativity in Dance (Rebecca Weber)....Pages 307-324 Front Matter ....Pages 325-325 Dance and the Quality of Life at Schools: A Nordic Affiliation (Eeva Anttila, Charlotte Svendler Nielsen)....Pages 327-345 Discovering Freedom in Dance Education (Monica Jordan Cameron Frichtel)....Pages 347-364 University Dance Students in Taiwan Step Out of Their “Bubble” of Elite Dance Training (Yi-jung Wu)....Pages 365-382 “A Little Kind of Community”: South African Students Dance for Self, Other and Society (Marelize Marx)....Pages 383-400 Quality of Working Life for Higher Education Dance Educators: Embodiment, Complexity, Transformation (Alba Pedreira Vieira)....Pages 401-421 Front Matter ....Pages 423-423 Women Span Personal to Political in an Israeli Belly Dance Setting (Ephrat Huss, Karen Bond)....Pages 425-439 Life-Changing Life Journeys Through Artistic and Educational Inclusive Contemporary Dance Contexts (Tone Pernille Østern, Elen Øyen, Philip Channells)....Pages 441-457 Young People’s Experiences in Hip Hop Dance Participation (Jacinda Richards, Sally Gardner)....Pages 459-474 Dancing it Out: Building Positive Peace (Erica Rose Jeffrey, Lesley J. Pruitt)....Pages 475-493 Dance and Quality of Life for Indigenous Communities in Australia (Kim Dunphy, Vicki-Ann Ware)....Pages 495-512 Front Matter ....Pages 513-513 Memoir of a Dancing Life (Teresa Benzwie)....Pages 515-525 Dancing in the Setting Sun: Performance, Self-Actualization and the Elderly (Nicholas Rowe, David McMicken, Tim Newth)....Pages 527-544 Babies and Dance: Questions of Origin (Karen Bond, Kirsten Kaschock)....Pages 545-548 Back Matter ....Pages 549-570