The transfer and presentation of the traditional dance of a country on stage is an aesthetical and at the same time a political action, which brings a special meaning when dance is presented to a foreign audience. This happens because stage presentation of the traditional dance can be considered as ...

Friedrich W. Nietzsche is one of the few important philosophers that often mention the art of dance in his works, especially in the Birth of Tragedy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. The purpose of this study is to analyze Nietzsche's contribution to the philosophical foundation of dance. In addition, it ...

The aim of this research paper is the study of the Pappisios dance from Soufli of Evros and of the Kangelaris dance from Papadates of Epirus. More specifically, this paper aims to investigate the structural composition of these two dances, in order to confirm the empirical observation that wants...

Dance is a multidimensional phenomenon that has been approached and investigated in Greece and many countries in various ways. This resulted in a huge literature about the subject which reflects its multi-perspectival character. Among the long research in dance, a great number of published studies...

Exercise in the workplace as a health promotion tool, has positive effects on the workers, the employers and society in general. Let alone in the hospital, where health professionals and other staff exposed daily to stressors factors. The purpose of the study is to explore whether Greek traditional ...

This study presents the development of valid and reliable assessment instruments of movement generally and specially dancing movement, as a basic parameter of dance performance. Through the terms assessment, performance, criterion, dance performance, the methodological orientations relative to the...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Leisure Constraints scale (Alexandris & Caroll, Leisure Studies (1997) 19, 1-15) and to delineate the role of leisure constrains in determining levels of involvement in traditional dancing activities. The participants...

The aim of the present review is the examination of dance effects on old people's physical and psychological health. Information concerning the relationship between dance, as a form of physical activity, and old people's health is presented, as well as research for old people's participation in ...

The "Museum of France" label constitutes an institution for the exclusive certification of museums in the French legal order, from 2002 and on. One of the conditions for the operation of a private museum consists in the existence, in the statutes of the institution concerned, of a clause providing...

The purpose of the project was to investigate the impact of the interdisciplinary teaching approach on attitudes and intentions of high school students in visiting museums and understanding the Odyssey events in chronological order. The sample of the study consisted of 334 students (187 boys & 147...