Three word puzzles are offered covering social, folk, and square dance terms and a description of a square dance for beginning to intermediate-level dancers. (JMF)

Discusses rock as a form of both sexual expression and control. Describes rock's representations of masculinity and femininity and considers the contradictions involved in the representations. Relates the effects of rock to its form--as music, as commodity, as culture, and as entertainment. (JMF)

The recording of dance for archival purpose has spawned the mediation of dance for education, training, and artistic purposes as well; and video has naturally emerged as the recording medium. (Author/CMV)

Discusses how children can widen their experiences and also acquire a fresh perspective on their everyday experiences through movement and dance. (CM)

Results of an investigation into why individuals participate in specific sport, dance, or exercise activities are given. (JD)

The alliance of the component elements of HPER (health, physical education, and recreation) form a professional coalition with an interest in, and a commitment to, almost every human condition, science, and endeavour. (LH)

Provides a taxonomy of Carib folk music and discusses each in turn, emphasizing their performances within a cultural setting. (Author/AM)

Why has America suddenly fallen in love with dance? Reflects on the social developments that have changed the public's view toward an art form previously surrounded by an atmosphere of aloofness and prejudice. (Author/RK)

Discusses the beginnings of a groundswell of support for cultural activities from the state and municipal levels. Focuses on the development of regional dance companies and their problems. (Author/RK)

Investigated relationships between private dance schools and higher education programs, examining factors that facilitated or hindered successful collaborations. Surveys data indicated that positive connections were characterized by investigating and respecting the needs, cultures, and goals of potential partners during all phases of planning,…

Explores the use of dance in physical education as a pedagogical tool for examining heterosexual male embodiment. Discusses how dance offers the potential for disruptive, discomforting, and pleasurable experiences that illustrate how bodies carry and construct gendered meanings. Contains 50 references. (SK)

Camp dance programs should be sequenced to maximize campers' comfort levels and create an atmosphere of fun and involvement. Begin with general musical activities that don't involve dancing, such as name that tune. Progress to dances that don't require partners--line dancing, step dancing, and the limbo. Then introduce partnered dancing, using…

Provides a transcultural perspective on somatics, reflecting on the evolution of somatics in different dance communities around the world, noting shifts that have occurred within specific cultural contexts, and discussing the presence of somatics in academia with the challenge of conducting research that retains somatic integrity. The article…

Uses stimulated recall to elicit a retrospective account from two alternative school students who choreographed a dance to depict their understanding of the relationship between the two central characters in a short story. Suggests that these students' account illustrates the way in which reader, text, and context participate in a complex…

Uses the learning in modern dance as a model for considering the differences in learning in the arts that is process rather than product oriented and relies on intuitive rather than scientific method for obtaining knowledge. (JOW)