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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 […]

Mark your calendars! The Dance Science Symposium (DSS) 2023 will take place virtually on April 22nd, 2023 from 1:00pm-3:30pm ET. The Dance Science Symposium is an annual meeting that aims to bring together dancers and dance scientists to discuss critical and emerging research within the field of dance science and medicine. Grounded in the premise […]

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 […]

The Dance Science Symposium 2023 will be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on the 22nd of April 2023. To be considered as a featured presenter at next year’s symposium, submit your research abstract today! Abstract submissions will be accepted through December 22nd, 2022 at 11:59pm ET. To submit your DSS 2023 research abstract, […]

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 […]