IU Contemporary Dance Theatre students tapped, twirled and glided across the stage of Ruth N. Halls Theatre on Friday night as part of the “Faculty Dance: Body to Body” concert. The two-hour ...
But Turnage, a charismatic “ambassador” for movement and posture who has been dancing all her life, does not give up easily. Give her a few minutes, and everyone in the room will be moving. “Dance is ...
“I really believe anyone can dance,” said Sadie Kurzban, founder of the cardio dance franchise 305 Fitness. “You can have no rhythm and still dance. You can be seated and still dance.” ...
Performances in N.Y.C. The emerging field of dance neuroscience is finding that dance, with its multifaceted demands, engages the mind as intensively as the body. A scene from “Epiphany Machine” at ...
“If everyone knew how physically cruel dancing really is, nobody would watch,” said Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina assoluta of The Royal Ballet. “Only those people who enjoy bull fights.” From The ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It’s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. “Expression is ...
Claire Long was a biology and dance double major with a minor in chemistry and a 2022-23 health care ethics intern with the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her ...
For many dancers, body image — the way a person thinks about their own body — is highly important. In dance, the body is a vessel used for self-expression — and the focus of those watching the ...
Alena Corniea, a sophomore dance major at the University of Minnesota, said she struggled with body image and disordered eating during her early teenage years related to her dance environment. Corniea ...