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Author: Sara Houston
Publisher: Intellect
Imprint: Intellect
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 17.00cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 0.432kg
ISBN: 9781789381207
ISBN 10: 1789381207
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 15 October 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'In this book, Sara Houston explores the value and experience of dance for people living with Parkinson's. However, Dancing with Parkinson's is as much about identity and belonging, and the book's strength is the humanizing, person-centred focus that Houston adopts. The reader is left with no doubt that an individual's meaning and worth can be transformed through a certain kind of dance participation. [...] Dancing with Parkinson's is an important contribution to the field of arts and health, and to Parkinson's research more broadly, and the book is well suited to a wide audience: the dance community, the arts and health field, those touched by the neurodegenerative condition, and anyone looking to become more informed about what it means to live well with the condition.' -- Rebecca Stancliffe, Journal of Applied Arts & Health
'In this book, Sara Houston explores the value and experience of dance for people living with Parkinson’s. However, Dancing with Parkinson’s is as much about identity and belonging, and the book’s strength is the humanizing, person-centred focus that Houston adopts. The reader is left with no doubt that an individual’s meaning and worth can be transformed through a certain kind of dance participation. [...] Dancing with Parkinson’s is an important contribution to the field of arts and health, and to Parkinson’s research more broadly, and the book is well suited to a wide audience: the dance community, the arts and health field, those touched by the neurodegenerative condition, and anyone looking to become more informed about what it means to live well with the condition.' -- Rebecca Stancliffe, Journal of Applied Arts & Health 'Sara Houston’s Dancing with Parkinson’s is an important and timely contribution to the rapidly evolving field of Dance for Health. [...] Within the work, Houston aligns dance for Parkinson’s with community dance through, notably, the shared value of inclusivity. Acknowledging and highlighting the contribution of the latter tradition gives a necessary context for understanding the former practice. Dancing with Parkinson’s is a work of dance scholarship but reflects the multifaceted and often interdisciplinary nature of the discipline through drawing on cultural studies, philosophy, and sociology, to illuminate the narrative and value of a ‘young practice’ worthy of in-depth exploration.' -- Bethany Whiteside, Dance Research
Author Information
Sara Houston is a principal lecturer in the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton in London. Her interest is in community dance, particularly with those marginalised in society. Her Parkinson’s research won her a BUPA Foundation Prize in 2011.
