BULLETIN BOARD

Blog post by Vincent Thomas, daCi member from Maryland.

Vincent E. Thomas is featured in a blog post on the AEA365 (American Evaluation Association) website. The post is titled "Dance as a Means of Documentation, Exploration, Interpretation and Communication of What and How We Value" by Geri Lynn Peak and Vincent. Go to the Archive tab in the link and look for the post on 2/25/2023. Good to see that dance is part of the conversation! Vincent also notes that the entire week of 2/20/23 might be of interest since it is focused on evaluation issues in the arts.

Vincent is also celebrating the 20th anniversary of his company, VTDance.

New book by Sandra Cerny Minton, daCi USA member from Colorado.

Sandra’s new book is Rechoreographing Learning: Dance as a Way to Bridge the Mind-Body Divide in Education was just published in the Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Series. The book begins with making the case for the kinesthetic or body way of knowing followed by a detailed description of the human sensory systems, including proprioception. The body way of knowing is discussed next, based on connections to attention and mental imagery together with an explanation of how the body senses contribute to interpersonal and symbolic forms of communication. The final two chapters describe how and why participation in dance is related to popular learning theories, learning in general, and creating. Each chapter concludes with exploration experiences which highlight and help the reader understand the content. The book is also based on the most recent pertinent research on dance and learning in the field of dance education. To order this book, simply go to www.routledge.com. Then, type in “Rechoreographing Learning” and an image of the book’s cover will appear.