A dance to the music of time: Aesthetically-relevant changes in body posture in performing art

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Daprati, Elena ^a,b   Iosa, Marco ^c   Haggard, Patrick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLET DANCER; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CHOREOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DANCING; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMING ARTS; RANGE OF MOTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CREATIVENESS; DANCING; ESTHETICS; HUMANS; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 63449123811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005023     Document Type: Article

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