dance research

Dance Research is a twice-yearly academic journal founded in 1982. It is published by Edinburgh University Press on behalf of the Society for Dance Research in Spring and Autumn each year. Each issue contains articles, as well as book reviews and review essays.

Dance research is an umbrella term for studies of dance. It includes the following areas:

• Dance history
• Ethnochoreology
• Dance theory
• Dance science the scientific study of dance and dancers, as well as the practical application of scientific principles to dance, similar to sports science. Its aims are the enhancement of performance, the reduction of injury, and the improvement of well-being and health.