Author: Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance

Inside Convergence

Written by Jillian Murray The project Convergence (Artistic Director, Dr. Aston K. McCullough) took place from September 2022 to February 2023, fusing together elements of live musicians, filming, and Five College faculty and dancers collaborating to create an artistic piece representative of the findings of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Lab, Laboratory […]

gravity Volume 3, Issue 2: publication highlights

This Spring, over 40 articles were featured on gravity….   Aishwarya, V., Babu, R. D., Adithya, S. S., Jebaraj, A., R, V. G., & Veezhinathan, M. (2023). Identification of Improper Posture in Female Bharatanatyam Dancers – A Computational Approach. 2023 International Conference on Inventive Computation Technologies (ICICT), 560–566. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICT57646.2023.10134062 Aldana-Benítez, D., Caicedo-Pareja, M. J., Sánchez, D. […]

Dance Science Symposium 2023 Recap

Written by Jillian Murray Edited by Aston K. McCullough, Ph.D. & Kiley M. Baker, M.Sc. Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) and the Dance Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently hosted the 2023 Dance Science Symposium (DSS) in April. This year, LAB:SYNC was delighted to welcome Edna Orozco, MA (Cenda University […]

LAB:SYNC presents at National Annual HBCU Week Conference

The University of Massachusetts Amherst featured LAB:SYNC Director, Dr. Aston K. McCullough, in an article about his recent presentation at the 2022 National Annual Historically Black Colleges and Universities conference. Read the full article here.

LAB:SYNC to Premiere ‘Convergence’ at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is currently developing and validating sensor-based methods for quantifying dance exposures in adults and testing relationships between multiple health outcomes and self-reported lifetime dance exposures in a clinical trial called the METRIC […]

Dance Science Apps for Researchers and Educators

As a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Research Lab, Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) is currently developing methods for quantifying dance exposures in adults 18-85 years old. Later this year, LAB:SYNC will be releasing three specific applications for quantifying dance exposures using sensors. The applications allow researchers the ability to calibrate […]

African Diaspora Dance in Public Health: Embodied Health Practices, Embracing Health Justice, Empowering Our Community

Join the Center for Diabetes Translation Research – Solutions to Diabetes in Black Americans Core for a webinar on Thursday, June 23rd from 12-1 PM ET African Diaspora Dance in Public Health: Embodied Health Practices, Embracing Health Justice, Empowering Our Community Thursday, June 23rd from 12-1 PM ET To register, click here. Presenter: Sheila A. Ward, PhD, MPH, FACSM Affiliation: Norfolk […]

Dance Science Symposium 2022 Recap

The Dance Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) were pleased to host the Dance Science Symposium (DSS) 2022 in March. Dr. Aga Burzynska (Colorado State University), Dr. Julia Basso (Virginia Tech), and Ms. Martha Waugh (Western Sydney University) respectively presented original research on cognitive and […]

“Methods and sensors for quantifying dance exposures”: A look back at the 2022 NSF workshop

This past March, Dr. Aston K. McCullough (Director, Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance—LAB:SYNC) represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and LAB:SYNC at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2022 International Workshop on the Neural and Social Bases of Creative Movement at Wolf Trap National Park for the […]

LAB:SYNC celebrates Dr. Pierre Rouzier

Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) joins all of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in thanking and celebrating Dr. Pierre Rouzier for his indelible contributions and dedication to health, medicine, and community at UMass. Rouzier, Director of Athletic Medicine at UMass Amherst, is the Medical Co-Investigator for the National Endowment for the Arts […]