Stories of West African and House Dance Pedagogies: 4E Cognition Meet Rhythmic Virtuosity
Journal of Dance Education July 3, 2021 Ojeya Cruz Banks 4 citations
ABSTRACT Rhythmic virtuosity or moving with “percussive attack” is an ultimate performance quality for Black/African dance. The practice of musicality is a window into a dynamic system of intersubjective communal creativity. Drumming, for example, provides percussive sensorial information that directs a dancer’s somatic and choreographic response. Cognitive scientists are interested in the...