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Moving Past Franco’s Art and Censorship: The Case of The Female Flamenco Dancer [PDF]
İstanbul Üniversitesi Kadın Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 The Roma culture has always been a marginalised community within Spain yet revered for its performance artistry. This article explores flamenco and female flamenco dancers under the Francisco Franco dictatorship, 1939-1975. I discuss censorship under the
Rosemary Cısneros
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El Hallux Abductus Valgus en la bailaora de flamenco. Hallux Abductus Valgus in female flamenco dancer. [PDF]
Revista del Centro de Investigación Flamenco Telethusa, 2011 El Hallux Abductus Valgus (HAV), comúnmente llamado juanete, se define como la desviación lateral del primer dedo del pie y su rotación en valgo. Su origen es multifactorial, existiendo etiología patomecánica de base: hiperpronación subastragalina ...
Joaquín Pérez Rendón +5 more
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Visual Timing of Structured Dance Movements Resembles Auditory Rhythm Perception. [PDF]
Neural Plast, 2016 Temporal mechanisms for processing auditory musical rhythms are well established, in which a perceived beat is beneficial for timing purposes. It is yet unknown whether such beat‐based timing would also underlie visual perception of temporally structured, ecological stimuli connected to music: dance.
Su YH, Salazar-López E.
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Acute Effect of Toe Cap Choice on Toe Deviation Angle and Perceived Pain in Female Professional Ballet Dancers. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2019 Several classical dance complex movements, such as pointe, require body weight to be supported properly to avoid risk of foot injury. Regarding the choice of toe cap for pointe shoes, it is unclear which type can better alleviate pain symptoms and toe deviation angle in dancers. The aim of the current crossover study was to investigate the acute effect
Salzano A +5 more
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Is it safe to dance flamenco during pregnancy? Biomechanical considerations
Revista del Centro de Investigación Flamenco Telethusa, 2023 Flamenco has become nowadays a very popular dance style over the world. The percussive footwork and vibration patterns created during dancing imposes high demands on the musculoskeletal system and the forces transmitted from the foot in a proximal ...
Wanda Forczek-Karkosz
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Secular‐religious self‐improvement
American Ethnologist, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 191-203, May 2022., 2022 ABSTRACT In the Netherlands young Muslim women have increasingly begun to join women‐only kickboxing gyms. Dutch public discourse has taken notice, treating this phenomenon as a surprising development. The general assumption, in the Netherlands and in western Europe more broadly, is that women's sport is a form of secular, feminist empowerment; Muslim ...
JASMIJN RANA
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International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 424-441, April 2022., 2022 Abstract Therapeutic interventions are an important adjunct to self‐help strategies for people who self‐harm. There is little guidance for those offering therapy on the effective components of interventions for people who self‐harm. This was a systematic review aiming to identify the factors that contribute to positive experiences of therapy as ...
Cara Sass +8 more
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El tobillo en el baile flamenco
Revista del Centro de Investigación Flamenco Telethusa, 2020 The main aim of this paper is to evaluate if there are significant statistical differences in ankle range of motion and stability between flamenco dancers and a control group of non-dancers.
Gloria Elena Moreno Novelo Hernández +3 more
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Hand movement speed in advertising elicits gender stereotypes and consumer responses
Psychology &Marketing, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 331-345, February 2022., 2022 Abstract Merely observing the hand movement speed with an advertised product can affect consumer perception. Five studies show that hand movement speed when observed (e.g., watching or even reading the description of slow vs. fast hand interaction with a product) elicits distinct associations in the consumer's mind and affects their responses.
Sumit Malik, Eda Sayin
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[Retracted] Impact of DanceSport on General Fitness from the Perspective of Chinese Athletes
Journal of Healthcare Engineering, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Energy metabolism and motion are the essence of dance. Scientific training of athletes involves theoretical guidance in terms of fitness, talent‐based selection, and high‐performance practice. However, limited research work is carried out on the physiological strain of DanceSport competitions.
Jiahui Xu, Xiaofen Li, Fazlullah Khan
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