Blog Profile / Dance Psychology
| URL : | http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dance-psychology | |
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| Filed Under: | Arts / Dance | |
| Posts on Regator: | 8 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0 | |
| Archived Since: | April 9, 2010 | |
Blog Post Archive
A Moment in the Life of a Dance Psychologist
People often ask me what a Dance Psychologist is and what we do. Well, as the Director of the Dance Psychology Lab at the University of Hertfordshire the best way to answer this question is to give you an overview of what I'm currently up to. Show More Summary
on MOVE: Choreographing You
Move: Choreographing You is at the Hayward Gallery in London until 9th January, before it moves to Germany. Move, according to the advertising blurb, "...invites you to become a participant - or even a dancer - in installations and sculptures by internationally renowned visual artists and choreographers...from the last 50 years". Show More Summary
Do you have a "Moving Wedgy"?
Apparently, 98% of people get songs, or pieces of music, stuck in their head. Such songs, or pieces of music, can be "heard" in the absence of any external music or cue, and, going round and around, they can be very hard to get rid of. Show More Summary
Strictly Come Dancing - Empathizing or Systemizing?
Last night I spoke on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (BBC2) about several aspects of psychology and how they could be applied to dance and dancers. I was asked to comment on Anne Widdecombe (former British MP), Felicity Kendal (Actor), Gavin Henson (Rugby player), Matt Baker (TV Presenter) and Scott Maslen (Actor). Show More Summary
Strictly Come Dancing - Psychology Style
I recently had the pleasure of being invited on to the British TV programme "Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two" (the precursor to the US version "Dancing with the Stars") to talk about the pro-celebrity couples during their training. Show More Summary
23 Feelings in Dance
Recognising Emotion from the Moving Body When we watch dance what do we "see"? Do we just see moving bodies, shapes and a constantly changing visual scene or do we also interpret these things based on our previous knowledge and our expectations?...Show More Summary
Dad Dancing
Dad DancingIt might not have the grace of the Foxtrot or the style of Argentine Tango but Dad Dancing is the new dance craze sweeping the country. Dad Dancing is fun, big and most importantly its impossible to get wrong! You don't need...Show More Summary
Dancers are Amazing
In 1987 I was working in a professional show in London, England. I was surrounded by actors, musicians and dancers and it occurred to me, in a flash of Abanazar's magic dust, that dancers are amazing. Not just great, but truly amazing.Before...Show More Summary