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This quick start provides a framework to design a new access for communities to expand self-expression and be with others in as short as an hour. Something becomes possible when expressing commitment through movement - one discovers people are not responding to you and a new access to authentically being arises.
This essay examines the verbal and non-verbal communication during participatory folk dancing in Vilnius traditional dance club, using participant observation, semi-structured interview and online survey methods. Over sixty amateur dancers come every Thursday to dance and communicate, but they are free to choose their preferred form: if they feel uncomfortable, they can talk – use verbal communication during the dance and it will likely serve them to reduce stress and help relax; if they come for physical proximity and the direct communication of bodies, it is completely normal, and the vivid music will facilitate that; and if they wish to feel emotional proximity with a partner they will embrace him or her closer and will start to pay more attention to the music and the emotional ups and downs of the partner. Regardless of age, experience or attitudes, all people seek to ‘susišokti’ (to ‘dance harmoniously’ in English). Even though the dance club is the place where the man can learn to lead firmly and the woman can ‘feel feminine’ because she can trust the man, the increasingly popular swapping of the couple roles help them share the perspectives and responsibilities of their roles with the partner. People can even experience the state of flow, if they happen to dance with a good dancer or an old friend and beautiful melodies help them lose their everyday pains, tiredness and troubles. Though they exert themselves physically, dancers also rest here because their experience here is immensely pleasurable and fulfilling.
This resource was developed to provide ideas and inspiration to individuals and organisations seeking to include creative arts activities in approaches to promote wellbeing. It includes a description of activities that use creative arts practices such as dance, movement, mindfulness, writing and visual art to promote health and wellbeing.
This thesis investigates the process of intercultural communication within a hybrid dance practice called qi dance, which is formed by a combination of principles of Chinese traditional somatic practice and Western contemporary dance. Through exploring the intercultural communication occurring in different aspects of qi dance practice and performance, the thesis suggests that dance in general could be a rather effective medium of communication between various cultures, while qi dance in particular could become a bridge connecting contemporary art with ancient cosmological concepts. To explore the aforementioned issues, the thesis first discusses key debates and theories considering dance in the discourse of intercultural communication, then it proceeds with describing which cultures have influenced qi dance throughout its development and how they have been combined to form a new cultural identity. Theoretical perspectives of the conceptual framework are divided into three parts. The first one discusses researches on intercultural communication through dance. In the second part, the summary of the main theories exploring the relation between society and dancing body is given. The third part discusses the basic approaches claiming that one’s body and mind are mutual connected. The first chapter of the study is to describe and analyse the process of developing a new form of dance under the conditions of intercultural communication. Then the study highlights the characteristics of two different cultural identities involved in the communication, postmodern dance and qigong, as well as their similarities and differences. In the second chapter, the cultural identity and its features of the newly formed dance are marked out and explored from theoretical and practical perspectives, which include body-mind relation, qi energy, freedom in community, and others. Finally, the third chapter analyzes the process of intercultural communication taking place within qi dance practice and performance under different circumstances. Incorporating my own experience as a practitioner and an observer with theoretical perspectives in the field, I have attempted to analyze a successful example of concord of modernity and tradition, Western and Eastern, theory and practice, which is the result of intercultural communication in the process of qi dance development. Furthermore, qi dance provides an effective medium for further dialogue between different cultures, which could be adapted not only by professional dancers, but everyone trying to communicate with others. Realizing what makes qi dance both a good result of intercultural mixture and a tool for developing deeper understanding between different cultural identities, this thesis could help many other artists who need to communicate with societies and individuals different from themselves.
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Dance Research Journal
I Feel like I'm Going to Take off!": Young People's Experiences of the Superordinary in Dance2000 •
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There has been much debate centering on the relationship between performer and teacher identities in the lives of preservice and inservice music educators. Often, these two identities are thought to be in tension with one another, especially for preservice string teachers (Froehlich & L'Roy, 1985; Woodford, 2002). Although recent literature has expanded and deepened the understanding of music teacher identity and some literature suggests that preservice and inservice music teachers seek balanced or integrated identities, the performer/musician identity and teacher identity continued to be addressed as distinct entities in recent research (Dust, 2006; Isbell, 2006, 2008). Instead of studying music teacher identity as consisting of two separate components of performer and teacher, this study focused on activities associated with these identities, music-making and teaching, and their relationship to each other. The purpose of this phenomenological case study was to examine the meanings and values of music-making in the lives of string teachers and to explore the intersections of musicmaking and teaching. Research questions included, (a) How do participants describe their journeys to becoming string teachers and the meanings they constructed about their past musicmaking experiences? (b) Why do participants continue or discontinue to engage in musicmaking at different points during their teaching careers? and (c) How do participants' past and present music-making experiences intersect with their teaching? Data sets were generated through background surveys, multiple individual interviews, videotaped classroom observations, focus group interview including music-making and conversation, researcher's self-interview, and researcher's journals. Participants connected meanings of music-making with the formation of identity and with their well-being. Music-making intersected with teaching in multiple ways. Music-making outside of the classroom reminded participants why they valued playing, provided insight into pedagogical issues, and helped them be more compassionate towards their students as learners. Participants' music-making inside the classroom helped them be more present in their teaching. They used music-making to inspire their students and themselves, to proactively address classroom management, to gain credibility with students, and to model technique, musicality, and their love of musicmaking. The findings from this study provide insights to inform music teacher education and professional development programs.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
De Novo Asymmetric Synthesis of 8a- epi -Swainsonine2008 •
História Revista
Meio ambiente e sociedade: as transformações na paisagem do Oeste Catarinense, na segunda metade do século XX2017 •
Astrophysics and Space Science
The Galactic kinematics of cataclysmic variables2015 •
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Respirators, face masks, and their risk reductions via multiple transmission routes for first responders within an ambulance2021 •
oral health and dental management
Oral health and Pregnancy: An understanding on the correlationbetween them from a Dental Hygienists perspective2021 •
Journal of Thoracic Oncology
Genotyping Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) in Latin America2011 •
Applied Catalysis A: General
Production of biodiesel from mixed waste vegetable oils using Ferric hydrogen sulphate as an effective reusable heterogeneous solid acid catalyst2013 •
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Biomaterials
Nutrient-deprived cancer cells preferentially use sialic acid to maintain cell surface glycosylation2015 •
Tanzania Journal of Health Research
Insecticide susceptibility status of human biting mosquitoes in Muheza, Tanzania2007 •
Psikoborneo: Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi
Stabilitas Emosi Dengan Kesiapan Mengajar Pada Guru Full Day School2021 •
Genetic analysis of residual feed intake and growth parameters in indigenously developed coloured broiler chicken
Genetic analysis of residual feed intake and growth parameters in indigenously developed coloured broiler chicken2017 •
Journal of Leukocyte Biology
Restricted HIV-1 replication in placental macrophages is caused by inefficient viral transcription2009 •
Building sustainable rural futures: the added value of systems approaches in times of change and uncertainty. 9th European IFSA Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 4-7 July 2010
Appropriate method to assess the sustainability of organic farming systems2010 •