Topic: Dance, gymnastics, and figure skating


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Bonde, Hans Gymnastik og national identitet: Svensk og dansk gymnastik med særligt henblik på Niels Bukh (030606)
Hellborg, Anna Maria Konståkning ur ett genusperspektiv: Maskulinitet och femininitet i kvinnlig och manlig singelåkning (110216)
Jonsson, Cecilia, Marie Eriksson & Evelina Källberg Gymnastikflickor och ishockeybrudar – genus i två idrottsföreningar (150414)
Meckbach, Jane & Pia Lundquist Wanneberg The World Gymnaestrada – a Non-Competitive Event: The Concept ‘Gymnastics for All’ from the Perspective of Ling Gymnastics (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum Vol. 2, 2011)
Pedersen, Lise Warren Dansk gymnastik- og idrætskultur i Nordamerika: Hvordan dansk folkelighed og gymnastik slog amerikanske rødder (051130)
Ravn, Susanne & Karsten Elmose-Østerlund The formation of interpersonal relationships in dance practice: A mixed-method study of two programmes (published in Scandinavian Sport Studies Forum, Vol. 10, 2019)
Winther, Helle Kropskontakt i spændingsfeltet mellem dans, kamp og leg (040406)
Winther, Helle & Susanne Næsgaard Gröntved Dans på sygeplejerske­uddannelserne? Innovative uddannelses- og klinikforløb med fokus på kroppens sprog, egenkontakt, kommunikation og lederskab [Dancing on the nursing degree programs? Innovative educational and clinic courses focusing on body language, self-contact, communication and leadership] (200602)

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Barker-Ruchti, Natalie et al “The future of women’s artistic gymnastics: Eight actions to protect gymnasts from abuse” | ISCWAG manifesto, August 19, 2020 (200831)
Mattsson, Torun Conference report: IAPESGW 17th World Congress, Havana, Cuba (feature 130503)
Mitchell, Siobhan & Sean Cumming Ballet training could learn a thing or two from football and rugby (feature 160403)
Helle WintherCharlotte Svendler Nielsen & Lis Engels Ellevilde – Unge underviser Unge på Dansens Dag (feature 080903)

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Artistic Impressions: Figure Skating, Masculinity, and the Limits of Sport Mary Louise Adams Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press 2011 (Anna Maria Hellborg 111012)
Between exhausting sports and swinging rhythm: An inquiry into medical knowledge production about women’s sports and women’s gymnastics in Norway, Denmark and Germany in the interwar years Kerstin Bornholdt Oslo: University of Oslo, Faculty of Humanities 2011 (review in Swedish by Helena Tolvhed, published 130129)
Choreographing Empathy: Kinesthesia in Performance Susan Leigh Foster Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Susanne Ravn 110511)
Choreographing From Within: Developing the Habit of Inquiry as an Artist Diana F. Green Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2010 (Helle Winther 131010)
Choreography: A Basic Approach Using Improvisation (Third Edition) Sandra Cerny Minton Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2007 (Lis Engel 090211)
Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning Ellyn Kestnbaum Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University Press 2003 (Helle Winther 060118)
Dance About Anything Marty Sprague , Helene Scheff & Susan McGreevy-Nichols Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2006 (Helle Winther 070829)
Dance Composition: An Interrelated Arts ApproachJanice Pomer Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2009 (Lis Engel 100922)
Dance Education Around the World: Perspectives on dance, young people and change Charlotte Svendler Nielsen & Stephanie Burridge (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2015 (review in Swedish by Torun Mattsson, published 200129)
Dance in a World of Change: Reflections on Globalization and Cultural Difference Sherry B. Shapiro (red) Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2008 (Helle Winther 090225)
Dance Spaces: Practices of Movement Susanne Ravn & Leena Rouhiainen (red) Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2012 (Torun Mattsson 170530)
Dans 22: Bevægelse, koreografi og performance Mie Lykke Nielsen (red) København: Frydenlund 2019 (review in Swedish by Märtha Gripson, published 200401)
dans dans dans: Ideer i teori og praksis Lis Engel København: Frydenlund 2007 (Britt-Marie Styrke 090325)
Dans i idræt: Øvelser og koreografier Solveig Løvendahl Gustafsson København: Frydenlund 2012 (Torun Mattsson 130920)
Dans i skolan: Om genus, kropp och uttryck Anna Lindqvist Umeå: Institutionen för estetiska ämnen, Umeå universitet 2010 (Torun Mattsson 140430)
Degrees of Difficulty: How women’s gymnastics rose to prominence and fell from grace Georgia Cervin Urbana and Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press 2021 (review in English by Laura Misener, published 221007)
”Den kvindelige Kvinde”: Kampen om kvindelighed, medborgerskab og professionalisering i dansk kvindegymnastik 1886–1940 Anne Lykke Poulsen København: Institut for Idræt, Københavns Universitet 2005 (review in Norwegian by Gerd von der Lippe, published 060830)
Discovering Dance Gayle  Kassing Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2014 (Torun Mattsson 160922)
Early Specialising Aesthetic Performance: An investigation of conceptualisation, motivation, and context Charlotte Downing Stockholm: Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH 2023 (review in English by Joe Baker, published 230613)
Elementary Dance Education: Nature-Themed Creative Movement and Collaborative Learning Janice Pomer Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2023 (review in English by Torun Mattsson, published 230619)
Expressiva dansuppdrag: Utmanande läruppgifter i ämnet idrott och hälsa Torun Mattsson Malmö: Bokförlaget idrottsforum.org 2016 (Britt-Marie Styrke 171025)
From Ballroom to DanceSport: Aesthetics, Athletics, and Body Culture Caroline Jean S. Picart Albany, NY: State University of New York Press 2006 (Sanna Nordin 070131)
Fodfæste og himmelkys: Undevisningsbog i bevægelse, rytmisk gymnastik og dans Helle Winther, Lis Engel, Maj-Britt Nørgaard & Mia Herskind Værløse: Billesø & Baltzer 2015 (Torun Mattsson 161006)
Fra udkant til forkant: Kampen om gymnastikken gennem 100 år Hans Bonde Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag 2020 (review in Swedish by Pia Lundquist Wanneberg, published 201009)
Getting Our Bodies Back: Recovery, Healing and Transformation Through Body-centered Psychotherapy Christine Caldwell Boston: Shambhala 1996 (Helle Winther 140307)
Gymnastics, A Transatlantic Movement: From Europe to America Gertrud Pfister (ed.) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (review in Swedish by Pia Lundquist Wanneberg, published 110921)
Gymnastics and Politics: Niels Bukh and Male Aesthetics Hans Bonde København: Museum Tusculanum 2006 (review in English by Wendy Varney, published 070516)
History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach Gayle Kassing Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2007 (Helle Winther 080123)
Inclusive Creative Movement and Dance Karen A. Kaufmann Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2006 (Helle Winther 060830)
Kunst, krop og terapi Helle Winther, Jan Toft & Simo Køppe (ed.) København: Hans Reitzels Forlag 2023 (review in Swedish by Märtha Gripson, published 240125)
The Laban Sourcebook Dick McCaw (red) Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge 2011 (Susanne Ravn 120418)
Ling – från storhet till upplösning: Studier i svensk gymnastikhistoria 1800–1950 Jan Lindroth Stehag: Symposion 2004 (Jørn Hansen 050405)
The Neurocognition of Dance: Mind, Movement and Motor Skills Bettina Bläsing, Martin Puttke & Thomas Schack (red) Howe, ESX: Psychology Press 2010 (Lis Engel 120125)
Positioner i dans: Om genus, handlingsutrymme och dansrörelser i grundskolans praktik Märtha Pastorek Gripson Göteborg: Göteborgs universitet 2016 (review in Swedish by Tone Pernille Østern, published 201023)
Red Nails, Black Skates: Gender, Cash, and Pleasure On and Off the Ice Erica Rand Durham, NC: Duke University Press 2012 (Anna Maria Hellborg 130301)
Rhythmic Activities and Dance John Price Bennett & Pamela Coughenour Riemer Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2006 (Helle Winther 070912)
Sorry I Don’t Dance: Why Men Refuse to Move Maxine Leeds Craig Oxford: Oxford University Press 2014 (Torun Mattsson 150618)
Sport, Dance and Embodied Identities Noel Dyck & Eduardo P. Archetti (eds) Oxford: Berg Publishers 2003 (Lis Engel & Helle Winther 040831)
Teaching Dance as Art in Education Brenda Pugh McCutchen Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics 2006 (Helle Winther 070606)

Technical Merit: A History of Figure Skating Jumps Ryan Stevens Halifax, NS: Independently published 2023 (review in English by Anna Maria Jennerheim Hellborg, published 230605)
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics: An (Auto-)Ethnographic Journey Natalie Barker-Ruchti Basel: edition gesowip 2011 (review in Swedish by Julia Rönnbäck, published 120606)

to-page-topMiscellaneous Resocurces

Watch the public defense (in Swedish) of Torun Mattson’s dissertation Expressiva dansuppdrag Utmanande läruppgifter i ämnet idrott och hälsa [Expressive Dance: Challenging Assignments in Physical Education] on November 25, 2016. External reviewer is Professor Gunn Engelsrud, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.