Age and Dancing : Older People and Community Dance Practice /: Older People and Community Dance Practice. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Diane Amans.
• Authors: Dr, Amans, Diane
• Contents: List of Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; K.Bartlett; Preface; Introduction; D.Amans; PART I: SOCIETIES AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS; Definitions; Diane Amans; Ageing and Society in Britain; S.Houston; Ageing, Creativity and Dance in the United States; P.Vissicaro; Ageing and Society in Other Cultures; D.Amans; What Sort of Dance and Who is Dancing?; D.Amans; Contexts, Partnerships and Funding; D.Amans; The Beauty of Reality: Older Professional Dancers; F.Early; Cross Generational Dance or Just Communities Dancing?; R.Pethybridge; PART II: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; What Happens When We Age?; E.Coleman; Conditions Which May Affect Older People; E.Coleman; Dance and Dementia; D.Amans; Dance and Parkinson's Disease; D.Amans; Duty of Care - Keeping Older Bodies Safe; D.Amans; Continuing Professional Development, Training Opportunities, Gaining Skills and Qualifications; D.Amans; Evaluation; S.Houston; Choreography and Performance with Older People; D.Amans
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (264 pages), (10 illustrations)
• Subjects: Dance/Reference; Theater/General; Theatre studies; Dance & other performing arts
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137295675; 1137295678
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.