The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing (Oxford Handbooks)

In recent years, a growth in dance and wellbeing scholarship has resulted in new ways of thinking that place the body, movement, and dance in a central place with renewed significance for wellbeing. The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing examines dance and related movement practices from the perspectives of neuroscience and health, community and education, and psychology and sociology to contribute towards an understanding of wellbeing, offer new insights into existing practices, and create a space where sufficient exchange is enabled. The handbook's research components include quantitative, qualitative, and arts-based research, covering diverse discourses, methodologies, and perspectives that add to the development of a complete picture of the topic. Throughout the handbook's wide-ranging chapters, the objective observations, felt experiences, and artistic explorations of practitioners interact with and are printed alongside academic chapters to establish an egalitarian and impactful exchange of ideas. Cover Half title The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing Copyright Dedication Contents Foreword by Raymond MacDonald Foreword by Sharon Chaiklin List of Editors List of Contributors About the Companion Website Introduction PART I: DANCE AND THE BODY Introduction to Part I The Dancing Queen: Explanatory Mechanisms of the ‘Feel- GoodEffect’ in Dance Dance in the Body, the Mind, and the Brain: NeurocognitiveResearch Inspired by Dancers and their Audience Subjective and Neurophysiological Perspectives on EmotionPerception from Dance Evidence- Based BIODANZA Programmes for Children(TANZPRO- Biodanza) in Schools and Kindergartens: Some Effectson Psychology, Physiology, Hormones, and the Immune System Dancing to Resist, Reduce, and Escape Stress 99Judith Lynne Hanna Body Memory and its Recuperation through Movement 115Heidrun Panhofer Listening to the Moving Body: Movement Approaches in BodyPsychotherapy Authentic Movement as a Practice for Wellbeing 149Jane Bacon Authentic Movement and the Relationship of EmbodiedSpirituality to Health and Wellbeing Reimagining Our Relationship to the Dancing Body PART II: DANCE WITHIN PERFORMATIVECONTEXTS Introduction to Part II A Greater Fullness of Life: Wellbeing in Early Modern Dance 205Michael Huxley and Ramsay Burt Therapeutic Performance: When Private Moves into Public 219Thania Acarón Portals of Conscious Transformation: From Authentic Movementto Performance Butoh Dance, Noguchi Taiso, and Healing Flow in the Dancing Body: An Intersubjective Experience Common Embrace: Wellbeing in Rosemary Lee’s Choreography ofInclusive Dancing Communities Wellbeing and the Ageing Dancer Being in Pieces: Integrating Dance, Identity, and Mental Health 329Mark Edward and Fiona Bannon Writing Body Stories (Im)possible Performatives: A Feminist Corporeal Account of Loss PART III: DANCE IN EDUCATION Introduction to Part III Provoking Change: Dance Pedagogy and Curriculum Design Pedagogies of Dance Teaching and Dance Leading Creative Dance in Schools: A Snapshot of Two European Contexts Moving Systems: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Enhance Dance/ Movement and Embodied Knowing with Adolescents Movement Therapy Programme with Children with MildLearning Difficulties in Primary Schools in Saudi Arabia: Linksbetween Motion and Emotion Dance Movement Therapy, Student Learning, and Wellbeingin Special Education The Wellbeing of Students in Dance Movement Therapy MastersProgrammes Cultivating the Felt Sense of Wellbeing: How We Know We Are Well 535Anna Fiona Keogh and Joan Davis PART IV: DANCE IN THE COMMUNITY Introduction to Part IV Free to Dance: Community Dance with Adolescent Girls in Scotland Methods of Promoting Gender Development in Young ChildrenThrough Developmental Dance Rhythms: A KestenbergMovement Profile (KMP) Dance/ Movement Therapy Approach Together We Move: Creating a Laban- Style Movement Choir Touching Disability Culture: Dancing Tiresias Building Relations: A Methodological Consideration of Danceand Wellbeing in Psychosocial Work with War- Affected RefugeeChildren and Their Families Reconstructing the World of Survivors of Torture for PoliticalReasons through Dance/ Movement Therapy Haunted by Meaning: Dance as Aesthetic Activism Cultural Adaptations of Dance Movement PsychotherapyExperiences: From a UK Higher Education Context to aTransdisciplinary Water Resource Management Research Practice Capoeira in the Community: The Social Arena for the Developmentof Wellbeing The 5Rhythms® Movement Practice: Journey to Wellbeing,Empowerment, and Transformation PART V: DANCE IN HEALTHCARE CONTEXTS Introduction to Part V Dance Movement Therapy in Healthcare: Should We Dance Acrossthe Floor of the Ward? Dance as Art in Hospitals The BodyMind Approach: Supporting the Wellbeing of Patientswith Chronic Medically Unexplained Symptoms in PrimaryHealthcare in England Dance Therapy: Primitive Expression Contributes to Wellbeing Dance Movement Therapy: An Aesthetic Experience to FosterWellbeing for Vulnerable Mothers and Infants Dance Movement Therapy and the Possibility of Wellbeing forPeople with Dementia Emotions in Motion: Depression in Dance- Movement andDance- Movement in Treatment of Depression (Dis- )Embodiment in Schizophrenia: Effects of Mirroring onSelf- Experience, Empathy, and Wellbeing Dance/ Movement Therapy and Breast Cancer Care: A WellbeingApproach Attending to the Heartbeat in Dance MovementPsychotherapy: Improvements in Mood and Quality of Life forPatients with Coronary Heart Disease Conclusion Index "The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing adopts a broad understanding of wellbeing, considering various applications of dance in promoting it. The five sections encompass diverse perspectives on dance and related movement practices, including (i) physical, socio-cultural and emotional aspects, (ii) performance, (iii) education, (iv) community, and (v) dance in health care settings. Within these diverse contexts, theoreticians, scientists, researchers and practitioners from around the world engage, and invited readers to engage, in configuring dance, wellbeing and creative cross-overs"-- Provided by publisher