Judith Lynne Hanna

Dancing for Health

Conquering and Preventing Stress

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dancing for Health explains the cognitive, emotional, and physical dimensions of dance in a spectrum of stress management approaches. Designed for anyone interested in health and healing, this book offers lessons learned from the experiences of people of different cultures and historical periods, as well as current knowledge, on how to resist, reduce, and dance away stress in the disquieting times of the 21st century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Altamira Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780759108592
• ISBN-10: 0759108595
• Artikelnr.: 22085663

Autorenporträt

Judith Lynne Hanna (Ph.D., Columbia University) is a senior research scholar in the Department of Dance at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 I. Setting the Stage Chapter 2 Prelude Chapter 3 1. Evolution's
Gifts Chapter 4 2. Dance-Stress Coupling Part 5 II. Historical and
Non-Western Dance-Stress Relations Chapter 6 3. Meeting the Gods and Demons
Chapter 7 4. Shaking Off Poison, Plague, Death, and Sin Chapter 8 5. Coming
to Terms with Life Crises Chapter 9 6. Resolving Conflict Chapter 10 7.
Revitalizing the Past and Facing the Future Part 11 III. Western
Dance-Stress Relations Chapter 12 8. "Playing" Onstage in Western
Theatrical Dance Chapter 13 9. A Dance Career in the West Chapter 14 10.
Amateur Dancing in the West Chapter 15 11. Dance/Movement Therapy Chapter
16 Finale: Dance and Stress Resistance, Reduction, and Euphoria