Jonathan
On 3/31/2017 1:43 PM, Jonathan Sivier jsivier(a)illinois.edu
[trad-dance-callers] wrote:
From 2011 to 2014 I worked on a dance project for
the University of
Illinois Kinesiology Department. This was a comparison of different
types of exercise and their effects on the brain. A publication on the
project came out earlier this month.
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00059/full
It was mentioned in an article in the NY Times yesterday.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/well/walk-stretch-or-dance-dancing-may-b…
I'm glad to see that my initial assumptions that dance was a good
exercise for both the body and mind proved to be correct. I got that
impression from observing the people in the class, but that was very
subjective.
Jonathan
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Jonathan Sivier
Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances
jsivier AT illinois DOT edu
Dance Page:
http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html
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