OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Research in Dance Education is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial	18
Effects of a hip-hop dance intervention on psychological and cognitive measures for adolescent females	17
‘We put on the music and then the children dance’ - Swedish preschool teachers’ dance educational experiences	16
Community dance for preschool teachers’ training during pandemic: an art-based research	9
Bias of responses to white and black dance companies and their dancers on Instagram	9
Editorial	8
Facilitating dance in general education through the arts-school partnership: a case study of Ballet Ireland’s primary school program	8
Hidden communication codes in flamenco dance choreography	8
Dance as a means of communication in a local community: requirements for teaching practices	8
Instructor strategies to support older adults’ physical literacy in community dance classes	6
Challenging a product-oriented ideal in choreographic process: a critical analysis of narratives of independent Chinese choreographers	5
Competition in tertiary ballroom dance education in China: ‘a double-edged sword’	5
Integrating dance in early childhood education for students with special educational needs: a comprehensive bibliographic review	5
Editorial	5
The assessment of the dynamic stability using Y-balance test in folk dancers	5
What’s in a name? Identifying and positioning the Teaching Artist within the Australian Arts education landscape	4
Student-centred learning and dance technique: BA students’ experiences of learning in contemporary dance	4
Challenging gender stereotypes in dance and physical education: exploring body percussion as a neutral practice	4
Rethinking the pedagogy of dance pedagogy	4
Weekly injury rates within semesters of a three-year tertiary dance program, and prospective training monitoring across one semester of training: a longitudinal study	3
Competitive dancers’ social identities and experiences of harm	3
Dancing after homelessness	3
Mind-body: Positive psychological effects of adult ballet education	3
“Creative dance and football” education program improves cognitive skills of 9–10-year-old school children	3
Leading the dance: application of social identity leadership theory in dance teaching	3

What good is it anyway? Professional dance artists legitimising their work for the Cultural Schoolbag in Norwegian schools	3
Principles and concepts of social research: A critical examination of methodology, methods and analysis for emerging researchers Principles and concepts of social research: A critical e	3
In search for a curricular creativity: what does the teaching of Philippine folk dances look like during the post COVID-19 pandemic?	3
Editorial	3
The essence of dance. A study of Chinese and Western dance philosophy: socio-cultural, historical and educational aspects	3
Meshwork choreography: a pragmatic approach to collaborative embodied learning in South African higher education	2
Disturbed eating attitudes, social physique anxiety, and perceived pressure for thin body in professional dancers	2
Development of artistic and imaginative thinking of the future choreography teacher in the process of professional training	2
Virtually in synch: a pilot study on affective dimensions of dancing with Parkinson’s during COVID-19	2
Visual and sound gesture in dance communication	2
Keep Movin’ On in Trinidad and Tobago: the complexities of COVID-19 on dance and dance education	2
The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance The dancing goddesses: folklore, archaeology, and the origins of European dance , by Eliz	2
Improving student–student interactions in early childhood classrooms using inclusive dance activities	2
Editorial, special issue: dancing, parenting and professional challenges	2
The embodied nature of physical theater: artistic expression, emotions, interactions	2
Ballet, gender and sexuality: a systematic review in the scopus and web of science databases	2
Dancer Education Beyond The Conservatory:The Health Education Benefits of Pre-season Screens for a Professional Ballet Company	2
Dancing Across the Lifespan - Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, coDancing Across the Lifespan - Negotiating Age, Place, and Purpose, co-edited by Pam Musil, Doug Risner, and Karen Schupp, Palgrave	1
Doing dance research in pandemic times: fostering connection and support in a 7-step online collaborative interview analysis process	1
Students’ voices on the effects of expressive activities on their creativity, affectivity, and social relationships	1
Dancing with pain: agency through pain worlds	1
The prospects of information technology implementation in shaping dance performance scenarios	1
Gatekeepers to Gateway-makers: reimagining partnerships, collaborations, and celebrations of the many movers of university campuses	1
‘The cycle of creativity’: a case study of the working relationship between a dance teacher and a dance musician in a ballet class	1
Kinematic motion characteristics and observer’s expertise in perceived aesthetics of dance jumps	1
Editorial	1
Viewpoint Dynamic touch is effective for learning the appropriate level of muscle tension and engagement: Implications from classical ballet	1
Unveiling talent: ballet directors’ role in identifying and developing male dancers within classical ballet companies	1
Is the health risk and consequence of generalised joint hypermobility understood within a classical ballet narrative? Concerns for dance practitioners	1
Collaborative learning among dance students in teaching and creative movement course: coping strategies of practical dance classes during Covid-19 pandemic	1
Lower extremity characteristics and postural alignment in young pre-professional dancers	1
Online ballet classes: emotions of Brazilian dancers during the pandemic of COVID-19	1
Historical background of the academic dance	1
Editorial	1
Who is taking dance electives, when, and for how long? Adolescents’ dance participation and persistence in middle and high school	1
Dance as a tool for managing emotions. A systematic review	1
‘Listening is done by using all the senses’ a study of how dancers create, communicate and perceive a choreographed dance	1
Editorial	1
Upper secondary school students’ perspectives on dance in physical education	1
Opening the fan: Chinese postgraduate dance student’s experience in New Zealand	1
Dancing mind, minding dance: socially relevant and personally resonant dance education	1
Self-efficacy and perfectionism as a function of resilient behaviour in dance students	1
Soviet bodies in Canadian DanceSport: identities and culture in four competitive ballroom dance studios	1
A study of the validity of Spanish version of the Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of pain (SEFIP) in pre-professional dancers	1
An analysis on the cultural contexts of Bɔsoɛ as an endangered Asante traditional dance	1