Add to ORKGBoundaries around normative embodiments in physical cultures can be exclusionary if one’s embodied identity does not ‘fit’. Normative boundaries are particularly marked in codified forms of dance such as ballet. Moves towards body-positivity aim to challenge these normative boundaries by redefining what dancers’ bodies can look like and how they should move. This paper stems from an appreciative inquiry undertaken with one such project, a gender-neutral, LGBTQ-friendly adult ballet school in the UK; a subcultural context that marks itself as distinct from broader cultures of dance. Interviews with learners are analysed through a Bourdieuian lens to explore the construction and maintenance of a body-positive subculture. Findings suggest that...
Inspired by the creators of modern dance –women who set out from the self, from their personal exper...
In the ‘Western’ world, dance is generally considered a feminised activity and gender traditionally ...
The benefits of dance/movement therapy on the mental health of LGBTQIA+ adults is a topic that is wi...
Boundaries around normative embodiments in physical cultures can be exclusionary if one’s embodied i...
Boundaries around normative embodiments in physical cultures can be exclusionary if one’s embodied i...
Within the dance world, gender (as a binary concept) appears to be central to lived experience. Whi...
Within the dance world, gender (as a binary concept) appears to be central to lived experience. Whil...
This article is a result of a small-scale interview-based study that explored the social conditions ...
Gender dynamics play an essential role within the Indian classic dance Bharatanatyam. In the narrati...
In this article, I started from the experience of somatic approaches to movement at the undergraduat...
This article focuses on what bodies know yet which cannot be expressed verbally. It starts with a pr...
This article focuses on what bodies know yet which cannot be expressed verbally. We started with a p...
The aim of this article is to present a specific interaction between a dancer and his/her body. Such...
In the ‘Western’ world, dance is generally considered a feminised activity and gender traditionally ...
Dance is an activity that is strongly associated with thinness. The idea that women who participate ...
Inspired by the creators of modern dance –women who set out from the self, from their personal exper...
In the ‘Western’ world, dance is generally considered a feminised activity and gender traditionally ...
The benefits of dance/movement therapy on the mental health of LGBTQIA+ adults is a topic that is wi...
Boundaries around normative embodiments in physical cultures can be exclusionary if one’s embodied i...
Boundaries around normative embodiments in physical cultures can be exclusionary if one’s embodied i...
Within the dance world, gender (as a binary concept) appears to be central to lived experience. Whi...
Within the dance world, gender (as a binary concept) appears to be central to lived experience. Whil...
This article is a result of a small-scale interview-based study that explored the social conditions ...
Gender dynamics play an essential role within the Indian classic dance Bharatanatyam. In the narrati...
In this article, I started from the experience of somatic approaches to movement at the undergraduat...
This article focuses on what bodies know yet which cannot be expressed verbally. It starts with a pr...
This article focuses on what bodies know yet which cannot be expressed verbally. We started with a p...
The aim of this article is to present a specific interaction between a dancer and his/her body. Such...
In the ‘Western’ world, dance is generally considered a feminised activity and gender traditionally ...
Dance is an activity that is strongly associated with thinness. The idea that women who participate ...
Inspired by the creators of modern dance –women who set out from the self, from their personal exper...
In the ‘Western’ world, dance is generally considered a feminised activity and gender traditionally ...
The benefits of dance/movement therapy on the mental health of LGBTQIA+ adults is a topic that is wi...