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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Online technologies in dance education (China and worldwide experience)	20
Mental health, eating behaviour and injuries in professional dance students	14
Teaching through TikTok: a duoethnographic exploration of pedagogical approaches using TikTok in higher dance education in China and Norway during a global pandemic	13
Healing minds, moving bodies: measuring the mental health effects of online dance during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
May I have this dance: examining a community based dance program for people living with Parkinson’s disease	7
‘We put on the music and then the children dance’ - Swedish preschool teachers’ dance educational experiences	6
All dancing bodies matter: six facilitators aiming for inclusion and wellbeing for people with special needs	5
Growth, maturation, and overuse injuries in dance and aesthetic sports: a systematic review	5
Mindfulness, recovery-stress balance, and well-being among university dance students	5
Gatekeepers to Gateway-makers: reimagining partnerships, collaborations, and celebrations of the many movers of university campuses	5
Online dance classes during the Covid-19 pandemic: new challenges and teaching strategies for the ‘Dance & Parkinson’s at home’ project	4
How to persevere in a ballet performance career: exploring personal wisdom of retired professional ballet dancers	4
‘Promoting wellness, having fun, and creating community’: a dance instructor’s pedagogical practices and perspectives on the influence of community dance classes for older adults	4
Teachers’ perspectives on dance improvisation and flow	4
Collaborative learning among dance students in teaching and creative movement course: coping strategies of practical dance classes during Covid-19 pandemic	4
Dancer Education Beyond The Conservatory:The Health Education Benefits of Pre-season Screens for a Professional Ballet Company	4
Dancing as searching with Deleuze – a study of what students in physical education teacher education express and experience in creative dance lessons	3
Joint range of motion and balance in modern Turkish folk dancers‘The fire of Anatolia example’	3
Using mobile technologies to enhance learning and improve student engagement in the dance studio	3
Instructor strategies to support older adults’ physical literacy in community dance classes	3
Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm	3
Creative dance studies in elementary schools: a systematic search and a narrative review	3
‘The cycle of creativity’: a case study of the working relationship between a dance teacher and a dance musician in a ballet class	3
Virtually in synch: a pilot study on affective dimensions of dancing with Parkinson’s during COVID-19	3
Virtual Borders: reflective and digital approaches to choreographic pedagogy in tertiary dance training	3

Health-related components of physical fitness and adiposity indicators: a comparative study among Kathak dancers and non-dancers of North India	3
The influence of teaching styles on the emotions of university students in dance lessons according to sex	3
Disturbed eating attitudes, social physique anxiety, and perceived pressure for thin body in professional dancers	3
What good is it anyway? Professional dance artists legitimising their work for the Cultural Schoolbag in Norwegian schools	2
Young, talented dancers in contemporary dance training: widening participation and fair access, rhetoric or reality?	2
Changes in motor skills among early school aged girls under the influence of regularly practiced dance	2
The assessment of the dynamic stability using Y-balance test in folk dancers	2
Community dance for preschool teachers’ training during pandemic: an art-based research	2
Improve dancing skills with motion capture systems: case study of a taiwanese high school dance class	2
A Greek traditional dance program for improving balance of young children	2
Absorption and embedding: on the application of the ballet training paradigm in Chinese ethnic dance curriculum	2
Artist wellbeing: exploring the experiences of dance artists delivering community health and wellbeing initiatives	2
An exploration into the experience of family caregivers for people living with dementia in a community dance class	2
Rethinking the pedagogy of dance pedagogy	2
Javanese art conservation in Indonesia inheriting potentials of local wisdom through Wayang Wong Bocah	1
‘(Non)dance and (non)math people’: challenging binary disciplinary identities in education	1
Fostering somatic movement literacy with young children	1
Learning self expression through dance; a case study of adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder	1
Considering new moves in dance medicine and science: promoting a translational agenda for improved applied impact	1
An evaluation study on the embedding of reflective practice in the further education programme KigaDance for nursery teachers	1
Ballet, gender and sexuality: a systematic review in the scopus and web of science databases	1
Correlates of dispositional flow and emotional intelligence: an exploratory study with ballet dancers	1
Male dance educators living with/through cancer: duoethnographies on disease and dis-ease	1
Identity, diversity and inclusion on the dance floor: Embodying self-reflexivity as mindful dance and movement teachers	1
‘I guess you just have to deal with it’: pre-professional ballet dancers’ experiences of pain, injury, and social support	1
Are dancers more emotionally intelligent and self-regulated than non-dancers?	1
Stepping into Salsa culture: an experiential account of engaging with a university non-credit dance programme	1
Facilitating dance in general education through the arts-school partnership: a case study of Ballet Ireland’s primary school program	1
Doing dance research in pandemic times: fostering connection and support in a 7-step online collaborative interview analysis process	1
Dancing after homelessness	1
Kinematic motion characteristics and observer’s expertise in perceived aesthetics of dance jumps	1
Developmental passages to dance improvisation: an interpretive phenomenological study of lived and living conscious experiences	1
‘Home away from home’: Examining the lived experiences of a child with ASD in a recreational dance setting	1
Challenging gender stereotypes in dance and physical education: exploring body percussion as a neutral practice	1
Health promotion among dance students in higher education: a qualitative investigation of experiences and perceptions of health and wellbeing	1
Editorial	1
‘Kola nga bwoyiga ate oyige nga bwokola’: navigating dance pedagogies in technologically less advanced African environments during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Dance as a tool for managing emotions. A systematic review	1
The embodied nature of physical theater: artistic expression, emotions, interactions	1