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Personal Style as a Mediator of Engagement in Dance: Watching Terpsichore Rise

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2014

Karen Bond
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In a world where symbolic discourse may be the hallmark of a dominant species, certain human beings stand out for their social isolation. Six nonverbal children, ages six to nine, with dual impairments of vision and hearing, formed one such cluster of humanity within a residential educational setting. This article reports on some features of a study that analyzes the influence of an intensive dance program (Dance) on social and task engagement in these children (Bond 1991). A multi-faceted inquiry was undertaken that combined a two-group experimental design with participant observation and cumulative theorizing. In this “art-science duet” (Bond 1987), qualitative procedures were adopted to interpret patterns of engagement uncovered through quantitative analysis. Results clearly show that Dance was an effective mode of expression, communication and learning for the six children.

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Dance Research Journal , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , Spring 1994 , pp. 15 - 26
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Copyright © Congress on Research in Dance 1994

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