Dance On!: Dancing through Life

Contents

• Introduction
• Section 1: Conversations between mature professionals in the dance field
• Conversation 1.1 Germaine Acogny with 'Funmi Adewole
• Conversation 1.2 Aida Amirkhanian with Artsvi Bakhchinyan
• Conversation 1.3 Elizabeth Cameron Dalman with Michael Keegan-Dolan
• Conversation 1.4 Henry Danton with Ravenna Tucker Wagnon
• Conversation 1.5 Alex Dea with Javanese senior dance artists Rama Sas, S. Ngaliman, Bu Yudanegoro and Bu Tarwa.
• Conversation 1.6 Eileen Kramer with Patrick Harding Irmer and Anca Frankenhaeuser
• Conversation 1.7 Graeme Murphy and Janet Vernon with Shirley Gibson
• Conversation 1.8 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 Ngiap Heng Tan
• 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 under a pandemic
• Pornrat Damrhung
• Chapter 3.4 Fine Lines dance: 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 affective community: mature dancers' experiences in an age aware contemporary dance
• Pirkko Markula, Allison Jeffrey, Jennifer Nikolai & Simrit Deol
• Chapter 4.2 From the stage to the next stage - Aging and transitioning from a learner to a teacher: Linking Amala Shankar's 90 year long journey as a case study.
• 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