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Dancing for health : conquering and preventing stress / Judith Lynne Hanna.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hanna, Judith Lynne
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stress (Psychology).
- Dance therapy.
- Dance--Psychological aspects.
- Dance.
- Stress, Psychological.
- Dancing--psychology.
- Dance Therapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Stress, Psychological.
- Dancing--psychology.
- Dance Therapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, ©2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dancing for Health explains the cognitive, emotional, and physical dimensions of dance in a spectrum of stress management approaches. Designed for anyone interested in health and healing, this book offers lessons learned from the experiences of people of different cultures and historical periods, as well as current knowledge, on how to resist, reduce, and dance away stress in the disquieting times of the 21st century.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Setting the Stage; Prelude; Chapter 1. Evolution's Gifts; Chapter 2. Dance-Stress Coupling; Part II: Historical and Non-Western Dance-Stress Relations; Chapter 3. Meeting the Gods and Demons; Chapter 4. Shaking Off Poison, Plague, Death, and Sin; Chapter 5. Coming to Terms with Life Crises; Chapter 6. Resolving Conflict; Chapter 7. Revitalizing the Past and Facing the Future; Part III: Western Dance-Stress Relations; Chapter 8. ""Playing"" Onstage in Western Theatrical Dance; Chapter 9. A Dance Career in the West
- Chapter 10. Amateur Dancing in the WestChapter 11. Dance/Movement Therapy; Finale: Dance and Stress Resistance, Reduction, and Euphoria; Notes; References; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Rev. ed. of: Dance and stress. New York : AMS Press, c1988.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41848-1
- 0-7591-1419-6
- OCLC:
- 855502990
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