Published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
As society ages and the frequency of falls increases, counteracting gait and posture decline is a challenging issue for countries of the developed world. Previous studies have shown that exercise and hazard management help to improve balance and/or decrease the risks for falling in normal aging. Motor activity based on motor-skill learning, particu...
Published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
As society ages and frequency of dementia increases exponentially, counteracting cognitive aging decline is a challenging issue for countries of the developed world. Previous studies have suggested that physical fitness based on cardiovascular and strength training helps to improve attentional control in normal aging. However, how motor activity ba...
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The article is based on theoretical overview on the subject of festival with its focus on special occasion having some unique aspect which is important to both the organizers and visitors of the festival. Second part of the article represents a case of International Contemporary Dance Festival. City festival is a traditional cultural expression of ...
Published in Journal des anthropologues
Gender has become a fashionable theme for a part of the contemporary dance world. This phenomenon is accompanied by a proliferation of discourses and postmodern theoretical references. The work is characterised by the repeated exposure, in what is intended to be a playful way, of gender stereotypes, in particular of femininity, often caricatured...
The tool proximity and ways in which variations in audience-performer proximity can engage audiences of contemporary dance in a different way is discussed. The key aspects and features of the Voyeur, created by the author in 2009, a dance work that tested these theories in action and looked at how specifically changes in the traditional presentatio...
The tool proximity and ways in which variations in audience-performer proximity can engage audiences of contemporary dance in a different way is discussed. The key aspects and features of the Voyeur, created by the author in 2009, a dance work that tested these theories in action and looked at how specifically changes in the traditional presentatio...
L'improvisation a une place importante dans la danse contemporaine, soit pour permettre au chorégraphe d'inventer de la matière gestuelle et de composer, soit en tant qu'oeuvre qui se construit dans l'instant, l'improvisation spectacle. Cette thèse s'intéresse à comprendre comment le danseur improvisateur procède pour créer dans l'immédiat, et fait...
Choreography articulates the body’s somatic and cultural identity, and a reading of South African dance theatre uncovers a complex and multifaceted version of the South African body, for instance, how the body is employed in medical and national discourse. Flatfoot Dance Company is a contemporary dance company based in Durban, South Africa. The com...
Published in Journal des anthropologues
The aim of this article is to illustrate, through the description of a specific experience, the anthropological work of immersion in a given field setting. Just like the choreographer they are observing, the ethnologist is confronted by doubts and questions that will become the lever of creation for the one and of knowledge construction for the oth...
