Research Catalog

Title

Dancing is the best medicine : the science of how moving to a beat is good for body, brain, and soul / Julia F. Christensen & Dong-Seon Chang ; translation by Katharina Rout.

Author

Christensen, Julia F.

Publication

• Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Chang, Dong-Seon
• Rout, Katharina
• Pruessen, Linda

Description

304 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"We've all explored dance at some point in our lives--in a class, at a wedding, or at a club, crammed onto the floor and moving with the music. But dance is much more than a pleasurable way to pass the time. It could very well be the secret to a happy and healthy life. In Dancing Is the Best Medicine, Julia F. Christensen and Dong-Seon Chang--neuroscientists by day and dancers by night--explore why dancing is good for the body, mind, and soul. Movement, they explain, keeps us healthy, and dance in particular benefits posture, coordination, balance, and fitness. It can be as effective for our cardiovascular health as extreme exercise yet can also be safely practiced by heart attack and stroke patients. It helps with diabetes, arthritis, back pain, and Parkinson's, reduces inflammation, helps to control weight, and improves our immune system. Dancing also makes us happy; it lowers cortisol levels and releases feel-good neurotransmitters and hormones. Best of all, dancing is for everyone. Young or old, physically fit or recovering from an injury, healthy or coping with a chronic illness, there's a dance out there that's perfect for you. So what are you waiting for? Follow Christensen and Chang's lead and get out there and dance!"--

Uniform Title

Tanzen ist die beste Medizin. English

Alternative Title

Tanzen ist die beste Medizin.

Subject

• Dance > Health aspects
• Dance > Psychological aspects
• Dance > Physiological aspects
• Dance

Genre/Form

Self-help publications.

Note

• "Originally published in German as Tanzen ist die beste Medizin copyright © 2018 by Rowohlt Verlag GmbH"--Title page verso.
• "Editing for the English-language edition by Linda Pruessen"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-298) and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Language (note)

• Text in English, translated from the German.

Contents

1. Solo dance-rhythm I cannot resist. The success story of dance ; Magic rhythm ; Born to dance ; End of the line: prom ; Pony farm dance -- 2. Partner dance -- do you speak dance?. Something in the way she moves ; Mirror dancing ; May I have this dance? ; Search for a partner ; To lead and be led -- 3. Group dance -- the social benefits of dancing. Dancing for the feeling of community ; Moving with the times ; Team spirit -- 4. Dancing for the body -- dance as an elixir of life. I love to move it, move it! ; A very special nerve ; Music in our head ; Body perception ; Dancing makes us smart -- 5. Prescribe dance, not drugs. The effects of dance on our hearts and immune systems ; Back and joints ; Weight loss -- 6. Dancing as therapy. Dancing our emotions ; Dancing away your inner couch potato ; Stress: bitten by the spider ; Against anxiety ; Depressed? Dance it out! ; If one of our senses is missing -- 7. Young and old -- dancing at any age. Dancing to protect against memory loss: dementia ; Parkinson's disease ; Dancing for children -- 8. Dancing does even more -- let's laugh, cry, and dance. This is also about sex ; Nice to meet you ; Enjoying dance form a distance ; Integration and "accep-dance" ; Let's dance -- 9. Dance test: which style fits me?. It has to fit ; Checklist: what do I need for a dance class? ; May I? Dance!.

Call Number

*MGRT 22-5014

ISBN

• 9781771646345
• 1771646349

LCCN

2022276200

OCLC

1237633254

Author

Christensen, Julia F., author, illustrator.

Title

Dancing is the best medicine : the science of how moving to a beat is good for body, brain, and soul / Julia F. Christensen & Dong-Seon Chang ; translation by Katharina Rout.

Publisher

Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-298) and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Language

Text in English, translated from the German.

Added Author

Chang, Dong-Seon, author.

Rout, Katharina, translator.

Pruessen, Linda, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Christensen, Julia F. Tanzen ist die beste Medizin. English. Dancing is the best medicine. Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books, 2021 1771646357 9781771646352 (OCoLC)1255801054

Research Call Number

*MGRT 22-5014