OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Dance Education is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	19
Effects of a hip-hop dance intervention on psychological and cognitive measures for adolescent females	18
Creative dance and dance improvisation: the influence of dancing to Chinese classical music on mood, stress and fatigue	18
Bias of responses to white and black dance companies and their dancers on Instagram	10
Instructor strategies to support older adults’ physical literacy in community dance classes	9
Dance as a means of communication in a local community: requirements for teaching practices	9
Community dance for preschool teachers’ training during pandemic: an art-based research	9
Using AI-based feedback in dance education - a literature review	8
Hidden communication codes in flamenco dance choreography	6
Facilitating dance in general education through the arts-school partnership: a case study of Ballet Ireland’s primary school program	6
Editorial	5
Nature metaphors in Kalyanikutty Amma’s Mohiniyattam body aesthetics	5
What’s in a name? Identifying and positioning the Teaching Artist within the Australian Arts education landscape	5
Research on the graduate profiles of tertiary ballroom dance education in China	5
Integrating dance in early childhood education for students with special educational needs: a comprehensive bibliographic review	5
Editorial	5
Challenging a product-oriented ideal in choreographic process: a critical analysis of narratives of independent Chinese choreographers	5
The assessment of the dynamic stability using Y-balance test in folk dancers	5
Challenging gender stereotypes in dance and physical education: exploring body percussion as a neutral practice	4
“Creative dance and football” education program improves cognitive skills of 9–10-year-old school children	4
Student-centred learning and dance technique: BA students’ experiences of learning in contemporary dance	4
Competition in tertiary ballroom dance education in China: ‘a double-edged sword’	4
Rethinking the pedagogy of dance pedagogy	4
In search for a curricular creativity: what does the teaching of Philippine folk dances look like during the post COVID-19 pandemic?	3
Principles and concepts of social research: A critical examination of methodology, methods and analysis for emerging researchers Principles and concepts of social research: A critical e	3

Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm	3
Folk dance education: a comparative analysis of Chinese and Ukrainian educational dance approaches and their influence on collaboration and creativity of students	3
An analysis of relationship between dramatic form and dance motion of Jiaozhou Yangko dance	3
Weekly injury rates within semesters of a three-year tertiary dance program, and prospective training monitoring across one semester of training: a longitudinal study	3
Editorial	3
Mind-body: Positive psychological effects of adult ballet education	3
The essence of dance. A study of Chinese and Western dance philosophy: socio-cultural, historical and educational aspects	3
Leading the dance: application of social identity leadership theory in dance teaching	3
Visual and sound gesture in dance communication	2
A comparative analysis of Bharatamuni’s Natyashastra on Sri Lankan– Sabaragamuwa Pahan Madu ritual	2
Dance action capture analysis method based on feature clustering and adaptive mechanism	2
Meshwork choreography: a pragmatic approach to collaborative embodied learning in South African higher education	2
Virtually in synch: a pilot study on affective dimensions of dancing with Parkinson’s during COVID-19	2
What good is it anyway? Professional dance artists legitimising their work for the Cultural Schoolbag in Norwegian schools	2
Dancing after homelessness	2
Keep Movin’ On in Trinidad and Tobago: the complexities of COVID-19 on dance and dance education	2
The embodied nature of physical theater: artistic expression, emotions, interactions	2
Ballet, gender and sexuality: a systematic review in the scopus and web of science databases	2
Editorial, special issue: dancing, parenting and professional challenges	2
Shifting contexts of dance practice: considering dance training as an occupational therapy intervention for promoting mental health in adolescents and young adults	1
Online ballet classes: emotions of Brazilian dancers during the pandemic of COVID-19	1
Improving student–student interactions in early childhood classrooms using inclusive dance activities	1
The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance , by Eliz	1
Lower extremity characteristics and postural alignment in young pre-professional dancers	1
Students’ voices on the effects of expressive activities on their creativity, affectivity, and social relationships	1
Editorial	1
Dancing with pain: agency through pain worlds	1
Kinematic motion characteristics and observer’s expertise in perceived aesthetics of dance jumps	1
The prospects of information technology implementation in shaping dance performance scenarios	1
Soviet bodies in Canadian DanceSport: identities and culture in four competitive ballroom dance studios	1
Dancer Education Beyond The Conservatory:The Health Education Benefits of Pre-season Screens for a Professional Ballet Company	1
‘ Finding beats, building belonging, and becoming through dance:’ hip-hop as a pathway to engagement in physical education	1
Collaborative learning among dance students in teaching and creative movement course: coping strategies of practical dance classes during Covid-19 pandemic	1
Dancing Across the Lifespan - Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, coDancing Across the Lifespan - Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, co-edited by Pam Musil, Doug Risner, and Karen Schupp, Palgrave	1
‘Listening is done by using all the senses’ a study of how dancers create, communicate and perceive a choreographed dance	1
Editorial	1
A study of the validity of Spanish version of the Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of pain (SEFIP) in pre-professional dancers	1
Historical background of the academic dance	1
Self-efficacy and perfectionism as a function of resilient behaviour in dance students	1
Dancing at a distance: exploring emergency remote teaching through the eyes of Argentine tango teachers	1
Development of artistic and imaginative thinking of the future choreography teacher in the process of professional training	1
Evaluating the research quality of dance education articles in China: implications for internationalization of dance education in peripheral countries	1
Dancing mind, minding dance: socially relevant and personally resonant dance education	1
Upper secondary school students’ perspectives on dance in physical education	1
Doing dance research in pandemic times: fostering connection and support in a 7-step online collaborative interview analysis process	1
Liberating the performer who dances with the pole: a creative and reflective approach	1
Editorial	1
Popularization of folk dances among Chinese students using the danceforms application: interactive environment for teaching folk dances	1