gravity Volume 3, Issue 2: publication highlights

This Spring, over 40 articles were featured on gravity….   Aishwarya, V., Babu, R. D., Adithya, S. S., Jebaraj, A., R, V. G., & Veezhinathan, M. (2023). Identification of Improper Posture in Female Bharatanatyam Dancers – A Computational Approach. 2023 International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT), 560–566. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICT57646.2023.10134062 Aldana-Benítez, D., Caicedo-Pareja, M. J., Sánchez, D….

IMPROVment As A Means for Improvement

The authors of the research study “Improvisational Movement to Improve Quality of Life in Older Adults With Early-Stage Dementia: A Pilot Study”, Dr. Christina Hugenschmidt, doctoral student Deepthi Thumuluri, and Professor Christina Soriano, are featured presenters at Dance Science Symposium 2023. For further information. Written by Isabel Hansen Edited by Kiley M. Baker and Dr….

gravity Volume 2, Issue 4: publication highlights

This fall, the dance science community published a number of ground-breaking new studies, with 24 articles on dance, science, health and technology featured on gravity! Alfiero, C. J., Brown, A. F., Chun, Y., Holmes, A., & Bailey, J. P. (2022). The Effect of Foot Position and Lean Mass on Jumping and Landing Mechanics in Collegiate Dancers….

Dance Science Apps for Researchers and Educators

As a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Lab, Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) is currently developing methods for quantifying dance exposures in adults 18-85 years old. Later this year, LAB:SYNC will be releasing three specific applications for quantifying dance exposures using sensors. The applications allow researchers the ability to calibrate…

Share your research at the Dance Science Symposium 2023

The Dance Science Symposium 2023 will be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on the 22nd of April 2023. To be considered as a featured presenter at next year’s symposium, submit your research abstract today! Abstract submissions will be accepted through December 22nd, 2022 at 11:59pm ET. To submit your DSS 2023 research abstract,…

(Low) Energy Availability and Its Association with Injury Occurrence in Competitive Dance: Cross-Sectional Analysis in Female Dancers

Dasa Prus has a new article, (Low) Energy Availability and Its Association with Injury Occurrence in Competitive Dance: Cross-Sectional Analysis in Female Dancers, published in Medicina. Prus, D., Mijatovic, D., Hadzic, V., Ostojic, D., Versic, S., Zenic, N., Jezdimirovic, T., Drid, P., & Zaletel, P. (2022). (Low) Energy Availability and Its Association with Injury Occurrence…

Biomolecular Effects of Dance and Dance/Movement Therapy: A Review

Ivana Lopez-Nieves has a new article, Biomolecular Effects of Dance and Dance/Movement Therapy: A Review, published in American Journal of Dance Therapy. Lopez-Nieves, I., & Jakobsche, C. E. (2022). Biomolecular Effects of Dance and Dance/Movement Therapy: A Review. American Journal of Dance Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-022-09368-z Contributor: LAB:SYNC…

Evaluation of environmental, social, and behavioral modulations of the circadian phase of dancers trained in shifts

Natalia Coirolo has a new article, Evaluation of environmental, social, and behavioral modulations of the circadian phase of dancers trained in shifts, published in iScience. Coirolo, N., Casaravilla, C., Tassino, B., & Silva, A. (2022). Evaluation of environmental, social, and behavioral modulations of the circadian phase of dancers trained in shifts. IScience, 25(7), 104676. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104676…

Dance and Movement-Led Research for Designing and Evaluating Wearable Human-Computer Interfaces

Robin Otterbein has a new article, Dance and Movement-Led Research for Designing and Evaluating Wearable Human-Computer Interfaces, published in Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Movement and Computing. Otterbein, R., Jochum, E., Overholt, D., Bai, S., & Dalsgaard, A. (2022). Dance and Movement-Led Research for Designing and Evaluating Wearable Human-Computer Interfaces. Proceedings of the…

Optimal feature selection and classification of Indian classical dance hand gesture dataset

R. Jisha Raj has a new article, Optimal feature selection and classification of Indian classical dance hand gesture dataset, published in The Visual Computer. Raj, R. J., Dharan, S., & Sunil, T. T. (2022). Optimal feature selection and classification of Indian classical dance hand gesture dataset. The Visual Computer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-022-02572-5 Contributor: LAB:SYNC…