Dance On!

Stephanie Burridge lectures at LASALLE College of the Arts and Singapore Management University and is the Series Editor for Routledge Celebrating Dance in Asia and the Pacific. Charlotte Svendler Nielsen is Associate Professor and Program Director at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Introduction

Section 1: Conversations

Conversation 1.1 A conversation about junctions, milestones and thresholds Germaine Acogny and ‘Funmi Adewole with Helmut Vogt translating and contributing

Conversation 1.2 A life travelling in dance Aida Amirkhanian in conversation with Artsvi Bakhchinyan

Conversation 1.3 Dancing is shape-shifting Elizabeth Cameron Dalman and Michael Keegan-Dolan

Conversation 1.4 A conversation about life in dance: A crossing of two paths Henry Danton and Ravenna Tucker Wagnon

Conversation 1.5 The love and kindness of teachers: Reflecting on working with senior Javanese masters Alex Dea conversing with Javanese senior dance artists Rama Sas, S. Ngaliman, Bu Yudanegoro and Bu Tarwa.

Conversation 1.6 A life in dance: Collaborating and working together Anca Frankenhaeuser and Patrick Harding-Irmer with Eileen Kramer

Conversation 1.7 The joy of life experience in contemporary dance Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon in conersation with Shirley Gibson

Conversation 1.8 A sense of place and creating together Antonio Vargas with Stephanie Burridge

Section 2: Professional Dance Practice

Chapter 2.1 Too old to dance! Says who?: Senior professional dancers defying ageism

Sonia York-Pryce

Chapter 2.2 Creating in the liminal space: connecting pathways of embodied experience.

Stephanie Burridge

Chapter 2.3 ‘Open Culture’ as practiced by three Singaporean dance pioneers

Melissa Quek and Tan Ngiap Heng

Chapter 2.4 (K)not in Dance: bodies and dancing as states of becoming

Gerard M. Samuel

Chapter 2.5 Dance, is "who you are; it’s who you are known as"

Amy Dean

Chapter 2.6 A full and creative life

Mary Davies

Section 3: Community Dance Practice and Performance

Chapter 3.1 An idea, a passion, a shot of tequila and a whole lot of love

Liz Lea

Chapter 3.2 Still Ripening: evolving a practice through reflection.

Gail Hewton

Chapter 3.3 From viral hit to vital troupe: the "dancing grannies" of Angthong and their revival of Lakhon Chatri during a pandemic

Pornrat Damrhung

Chapter 3.4 Fine Lines: a dance collective of mature artists - the story so far.

Katrina Rank and Jenny Barnett

Chapter 3.5 Dance matters: Crows Feet Dance Collective

Jan Bolwell

Section 4.0: Pedagogy and Recreational Dance Practice

Chapter 4.1 Becoming an affirmative community: mature dancers’ experiences in an age-aware contemporary dance class

Pirkko Markula, Allison Jeffrey, Jennifer Nikolai & Simrit Deol

Chapter 4.2 From the stage to the next stage – Transitioning from a learner to a teacher: Amala Shankar’s journey

Urmimala Sarkar Munsi

Chapter 4.3 Learning in creative dance: adults and children share the space

Ann Kipling Brown

Chapter 4.4 Managing expectations: teaching mature dancers in lutrawita/Tasmania

Lesley Graham

Chapter 4.5 Traditional apprenticeship in contemporary times – Lim Fei Shen

Caren Carino

Section 5.0: Dance Therapy and Well-being

Chapter 5.1 An examination of the facilitation of dance practice for older adults: a focus group discussion between practitioners working in community settings across New Zealand, Australia and England.

Francine Hills and Barbara Snook

Chapter 5.2 The happiest hour in the week: Memory Dance and Dance Movement Therapy for elderly people with dementia

Helle Winther

Chapter 5.3 Feeling the touch: integrating sensations into dance activities for the elderly with dementia

Szu-Ching Chang

Chapter 5.4 Everyday Waltzes for Active Ageing: a creative intervention for seniors and training programme for eldercare staff

Angela Liong

Chapter 5.5 WINGSPAN - A seated dance performance

Paige Gordon