Thinking with the mind, syncing with the body: Ballet as symbolic and nonsymbolic interaction

Symbolic Interaction

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-259

  Kleiner, Sibyl ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballet; Dance; Embodiment; Flow; Mind; Nonsymbolic interaction; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651235514     PISSN: 01956086     EISSN: 15338665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/si.2009.32.3.236     Document Type: Article

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