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The Alexander Technique Applied To Dance And The Choreographic Process: Freeing Physical Expression From Trauma-Based Tension, Julia Johnston
The Alexander Technique Applied To Dance And The Choreographic Process: Freeing Physical Expression From Trauma-Based Tension, Julia Johnston
Senior Honors Theses
Ballet, contemporary, and modern dancers have expressed incurring trauma during their training and professional dance experiences; in a 2020 survey, 41% of professional dancers and 30% of ballet students reported experiencing or witnessing sexually inappropriate behavior in their respective workplaces and schools (DDP). This is just one example of a potential source of trauma for dancers. The physiological effects of trauma cause physical effects, creating tension in a dancer’s body. Dance relies on physical expression, the expression of thought and feeling through movement, to connect with the audience. Trauma-based tension inhibits a dancer’s range of physical expression and connection to …
...The End (April 18, 20, 2024), Lindenwood University
...The End (April 18, 20, 2024), Lindenwood University
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The Beginning Of... (April 17, 19, 2024), Lindenwood University
The Beginning Of... (April 17, 19, 2024), Lindenwood University
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Winter Dance Concert (January 25-27, 2024), Lindenwood University
Winter Dance Concert (January 25-27, 2024), Lindenwood University
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Event program for the Winter Dance Concert (January 25-27, 2024).
Doing The Nutbush: How Australia Got Its Very Own Line Dance, Panizza Allmark, Jon Stratton
Doing The Nutbush: How Australia Got Its Very Own Line Dance, Panizza Allmark, Jon Stratton
Research outputs 2022 to 2026
The Nutbush dance is unique to Australia. It is danced to the Ike and Tina Turner track Nutbush City Limits released in 1973. It is a line dance. Anybody can join the line. This article explores the history and reception of the Nutbush. The Nutbush seems have been developed around 1975 in Sydney as a part of modernizing the physical education and creative arts curricula for state primary and secondary schools. The Nutbush is relatively simple and is danced on the beat, a characteristic of dancing to rock music. Nutbush City Limits has a driving beat. This is no doubt …