Written to guide the general public, carers and professionals in health contexts, Dancing explores the ways in which dance is being utilised to tackle health challenges including depression, Parkinson’s and fall prevention. Prioritising safe and inclusive practices, dance experts and advocates Noyale Colin and Kathryn Stamp equip readers with practical ideas for using dance and movement in developing their bodily awareness, sense of self and engagement with others - or key factors in maintaining healthy identities and improving social relationships. Download a free copy here
The Arts for Health series is produced by Prof Paul Crawford, Director of the Centre for Social Futures and Emerald publishing bookstore. The series will consist of 24 books (currently 16 titles published, Dec 2024), each focusing on a different topic which can be used as a therapeutic tool in pursuit of improved mental health and wellbeing. |
Collaboration between artists has been practised for centuries, yet over recent decades the act of collaborating has taken different meanings. This publication examines cultural, philosophical and political issues tied to specific instances of collaborative practice in the performing arts. Leading scholars and practitioners review historical developments of collaborative practice and reveal what it means to work together in creative contexts at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Key questions addressed include how artists are developing new ways of working together in response to contemporary economic trends, the significance of collaborating across culture and what opportunities are apparent when co-working between genres and disciplines. Noyale Colin and Stefanie Sachsenmaier present these perspectives in three thematic sections which interrogate the premises of collective intentions, the working strategies of current practitioners, as well as the role of failure and compromise in collaborative modes of creative work. This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars, practitioners and those interested in contemporary artistic methods of working.
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This edited collection examines the potential of dance training for developing socially engaged individuals capable of forging ethical human relations for an ever-changing world and in turn frames dance as a fundamental part of human experience.
This volume draws together a range of critical voices to reflect the inclusive potential of dance. The contributions offer perspectives on contemporary dance training in Britain from dance educators, scholars, practitioners and artists. Through examining the politics, values and ethics of learning dance today, this book argues for the need of a re-assessment of the evolving practices in dance training and techniques. Key questions address how the concept of ‘technique’ and associated systems of training in dance could be redefined to enable the collaboration of skills and application of ideas necessary to twenty-first-century dance. The editors present these ideas in different modes of writing. This collection of essays, conversations and manifestos offers a way to explore, debate and grasp the shifting values of contemporary dance. Examining these values in the applied field of dance reveals a complex and contrasting range of ideas, encompassing broad themes including the relationships between individuality and collectivity, rigour and creativity, and virtuosity and inclusivity. This volume points to ethical techniques as providing a way of navigating these contrasting values in dance. It serves as an invaluable resource for academics as well as practitioners and students. |
This special issue critically examines the notion of solidarity from and within the field of performance. Solidarity as a concept is ethically vacuous and in need of a clear ethical and political agenda. This issue specifically addresses questions concerning the ways that solidarity is ‘performed’ and the kinds of contributions the field of performance can make in working towards social equality. Across the various contributions, the issue sketches out the ways that solidarity is practised in and through performance as a potential generative force for social change. In discussing situated practices within various socio-political contexts, it examines a variety of solidary formations and bindings, such as within racial and religious minority groups, as well as solidarity existing across difference. It offers discussions of the ways solidarity is performed in colonial contexts, in post-disaster relief work, as well as in local activist groups.
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