Dancing for health : conquering and preventing stress /
Judith Lynne Hanna.
- Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2006.
- vii, 256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Rev. ed. of: Dance and stress. New York : AMS Press, c1988.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-243) and index.
Setting the Stage -- Evolution's Gifts -- Dance-Stress Coupling -- Historical and Non-Western Dance-Stress Relations -- Meeting the Gods and Demons -- Shaking Off Poison, Plague, Death and Sin -- Coming to Terms with Life Crises -- Resolving Conflict -- Revitalizing the Past and Facing the Future -- Western Dance-Stress Relations -- "Playing" Onstage in Western Theatrical Dance -- A Dance Career in the west -- Amateur Dancing in the West -- Dance (Movement) Therapy -- Finale: Dance and Stress Resistance, Reduction and Euphoria.