The Perceived Effects of Dance for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease and Healthy Amateurs

The objective of the present study was to compare the effects of dance participation on physical and psychological functioning as perceived by two distinct groups of dancers: dancers with Parkinson's disease (PD) and healthy amateur (HA) dancers. Dancers in the Parkinson's sample group were gathered from participants in the Dance for PD® program, while healthy amateur dancers were recruited from university dance departments and through social media. Both groups were administered measures related to affect, self-efficacy, quality of life, and which aspects of dance classes were most helpful and/or challenging. Several open-ended questions for both groups were included, along with questions specific to each group. Results of the study indicated that there was no difference between the two groups on positive affect experienced while dancing, but that HA dancers experienced higher levels of negative affect than PD dancers. HA dancers exhibited higher levels of self-efficacy, but there was no difference between the groups on perceived quality of life. Additionally, both groups identified the same two components of dance classes as the most helpful: "moving and getting some exercise" and "doing something fun." Thematic analysis of responses to open-ended questions found that, in general, HA and PD dancers identified similar factors which made dance unique from other forms of exercise. The primary differences were that HA dancers more strongly emphasized artistic and spiritual components of dance, whereas PD dancers focused on the importance of the dance instructors and tailoring movements to individuals with PD. More differences were found between the two groups with respect to the negative aspects of dance classes. Notably, PD dancers identified almost no negative aspects, while HA dancers described internal and external pressure, criticism, and competition as problematic. Future research could benefit from ensuring that both groups are administered the same standardized measures to allow for additional comparisons between groups and with normative samples.

Characteristics of Expert Development in Rhythmic Gymnastics: A Retrospective Study

The development of expertise for two groups of rhythmic gymnasts was studied where a group of elite (Olympic) gymnasts was compared to a group of sub‐elite (International) gymnasts. Structured interviews were used to collect retrospective information about the gymnasts’ health, training resources, level and ranking, and hours spent in training activities. The gymnasts rated practice activities during the last period of their development (age 16 and older) with respect to their perceived physical effort, mental concentration, and fun. The Olympic gymnasts were involved in significantly fewer activities and sports throughout their development compared to the International gymnasts. All gymnasts reported engaging in five practice activities of warm‐up, ballet, technique training, routines, and conditioning in their rhythmic gymnastics training. Olympic gymnasts allocated substantially more time to the practice activities of ballet, technique, routines, and conditioning, compared to the International gymnasts. Olympic gymnasts also rated their health as lower than the International gymnasts. All gymnasts reported that the practice activities of technique and routine training required more physical effort and mental concentration than warm‐up, ballet, and conditioning. The Olympic gymnasts reported experiencing less fun in their participation overall. The findings of this study provide a comprehensive description of early activity involvement, training activities, training resources, and health and injury ratings of expert level rhythmic gymnasts and help to further the understanding of how to assess sport expertise development

Petite suite : pour piano à quatre mains /

I. En bateau.--II. Cortège.--III. Menuet.--IV. Ballet.

Chaminade pianoforte album : compositions. /

Cover title.

Sovremennyĭ balet. Izdano pri neposredstvennom uchastīi L.S. Baksta.

Author's pseud., V. Svi︠e︡tlov, at head of title.

Mémoires de l'Académie de Metz.

Imprint varies.

Ausgewählte Orchesterwerke. Zur Centenarfeier des Todestages Dittersdorfs 1799, 31 October, 1899;

Vol. 11 is Neue Folge, 1904.

Chanson du feu follet : extrait de L'amour sorcier /

From the ballet "El amor brujo."

Oeuvres de J. B. Poquelin de Moliere.

Antep.

Panegirici di alcuni Santi /

Mode of access: Internet.

Tratado de la devoción de María SS.ma ... y vindicación de agravios hechos a la misma Señora : sacado de la Escritura, de los Concilios y los Padres, con reflexiones y oraciones : dividido en tres partes /

Mode of access: Internet.

Psychoses et affections nerveuses; leçons de clinique médicale.

Mode of access: Internet.

Historia de los templos de los paganos, de los judios y de los christianos : escrita en francés /

Mode of access: Internet.

Théatre de Voltaire.

La advertencia del editor, puesta al inicio del to. I es de Naigeon, según una nota de Didot colocada a continuación, advertencia que se refiere a la edición estereotípica de la obras completa comenzada en 1799 pero nunca acabada [cf. Bengesco, t. IV, p. 203], y que anuncia mejoras respecto a la anterior edición de Kehl. Cada pieza de teatro se acompaña de anotaciones al margen.

Storied Italy,

"Under one roof."--"September, 1914."-- Santa Susanna.--A Roman Christmas.--A "Romana di Roma."--Signora Pistocchi and the tragedy of the Bathursts.--Dancers and musicians.--Louis XVIII and the seer of Gallardon.--Concerning Louis XVII and his family.--Countess Charlotte Kielmansegge: a Napoleonic mystery.--A fairy tale - and an earthquake.--Pictures and places.