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Winner of the 2021 Doug Risner Prize for Emerging Dance Researchers

A Qualitative Investigation of What “Body Awareness” Means to Dancers at A Public Midwestern University

Emily BairdDepartment of Theatre & Dance, The College of Wooster, Wooster, OHCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 71-82 | Published online: 24 Mar 2022

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