This essay investigates how movement-based practices activate and embody a sensibility and awareness of how water moves both inside and alongside the human body. This approach troubles the mainstream understanding of water as commodity or external force. Following and troubling ideas from new...

This article investigates lived experiences of participation in a training programme entitled 'Singing as a Tool for Community Building in Changing Societies', facilitated by Musicians Without Borders (MWB) and coordinated in partnership with the Health Research Institute PART-IM (Participatory and ...

Aim: This mixed-methods exploratory study investigates the perceived health benefits of singing in a choir from an international sample of choristers. Method: An online questionnaire including demographic information, 28 quantitative statements and two qualitative questions relating to the...

This chapter addresses the relationship between tourism and dance in the context of the increase in step-dance entertainment for tourists visiting the Irish Republic. The concepts of globalization and authenticity are used to address these issues. The chapter is based on observations at a dance...

This study explores the consumption of dance during the identity transition of a homosexual man as a means of appreciating the role of dance in identity management. The account explicates how consumption of a transcendental and paradoxical form of dance called Tandava, or "the cosmic ballet",...

This article features an investigation into the semantics of the term 'practice' coexisting in a multidisciplinary research context. The background of the discussion is a government-funded study with refugees and asylum seekers in Ireland, where process drama, music and dance were used to...

Determination of the injury profiles that characterise the sports and artistic disciplines in which the body is the medium is essential to proper injury prevention. Although many studies have been conducted in classical and contemporary dance in this regard, there is very little research and...

Bright Club is a public engagement initiative bringing together research communication and the performing arts since its inception in London in 2009. Bright Club Ireland was established in Dublin in 2015, and the distinctive combination of science and comedy has made it a unique event in the field...

A non-profit organization is one whose profits, or more precisely net earnings, are not legally distributable to controlling individuals. This article seeks to draw attention to a small part of the economic research now available on this institutional form and to assess its potential application to ...

Performance management is integral for high-performing organizations and teams. The purpose of this review was to synthesize evidence on performance management across elite sport and other performance-focused domains (business, performing arts, high-risk professions). A systematic search and...