Dancing thoughts: An examination of children's cognition and creative process in dance

Research in Dance Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-28

  Giguere, Miriam ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's dance; Choreography; Cognition; Creative process; Dance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953128185     PISSN: 14647893     EISSN: 14701111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2011.554975     Document Type: Article

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