Dancing beyond exercise: Young people's experiences in dance classes

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-709

  Gardner, Sally May ^a   Komesaroff, Paul ^b   Fensham, Rachel ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dance classes; Health; Physical activity; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349200542     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260802393294     Document Type: Article

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