Testing creativity of dance students in the People's Republic of China

In the past decade there has been increasing concern over the losses that may accompany the benefits of dance training for young people (Abra, 1987/ 88; Brady, J., 1982; Gordon, S., 1983; Innes, 1988; Kirkland, G. with Lawrence, G., 1986; Schnitt, 1990; Stinson, Blumenfeld—Jones and Van Dyke, 1990). An investigation by Zhao Guo Wei (1989), educational psychologist at the Beijing Dance lnstitute, lends further support to these concerns