Essays about: "The Dancers Dancing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words The Dancers Dancing.

  1. 1. Birds of a feather flock together : a case study of Chinese Guangchangwu dama in a super-diverse city

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Miaoer Chen; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese Square dance; Guangchangwu Dama; sense of belonging; friendship; Conviviality; conviviality microspaces; Diversity; super diverse; music participation; empowerment; social media; senior adults; older women; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to critically examine how older women interact, perform to their heart's content, learn music, and communicate across cultures around square dancing in a Chinese context. The paper explores how retired Chinese grandmothers use square dancing to build social interactions, find friendships and integrate into diverse group life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Dancing Samba in Sweden : A study on transnational cultural expression

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Evelina Gaizauskaite; [2021]
    Keywords : Samba; Dance; Brazil; Transnationalism; Corporeality; Cultural expression; Sweden;

    Abstract : In Sweden, samba - the popular Brazilian dance (and music genre), that has been named the“national rhythm” - is very widely known and practiced. This case study envelops questions about national cultures, cultural embodiment in dance, as well as cross-border relations. READ MORE

  4. 3. SENSITIV : Designing for Interactive Dance and the Experience of Control

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Thelma Svenns; [2020]
    Keywords : Interactive dance; sound and movements; real-time; co-play; input design.;

    Abstract : In the last decade, many studies and performances within the field of interactive dance have been made. Interactive dance means involving technology into the dance, which opens opportunities to execute a dance in another way than used to. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dance to Buss : An Ethnographic Study of Dancehall Dancing in Jamaica

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Sjövall; [2013]
    Keywords : Dancing; dancehall; Jamaica; poverty; resistance; class conflict; social media; gender.;

    Abstract : Dancehall is an influential space of cultural creation and expression within Jamaican society. This study is about how Jamaican dancehall is being performed, and what this performance means to its participants. Dancehall is mainly practiced by lower-class Jamaicans. This thesis focuses on dancers as a specific group among these participants. READ MORE

  6. 5. Plats för dans

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Amina Malmkvist-Garba; [2012]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; dans; park;

    Abstract : Landskapsarkitektur är starkt kopplat till fysisk hälsa. Idag finns ett ökande intresse att forska kring fysisk hälsa och miljön omkring oss men lite forskning finns ännu inom området. Det fysiska och psykiska är viktigt för hälsa och inom dansen återfinns positiva effekter rörande båda. READ MORE