DANCE IS THE BEST MEDICINE!

Healthy, Happy, Smart - With Dance

To dance is a lifestyle! Dance, health and happiness belong together: Dancing is a work-out for mind and body – it exercises our muscles, trains our balance and coordination, reduces stress, and it is a better protection against dementia than any crossword puzzle. It relieves the symptoms of anxiety and depression, boosts our self-esteem and trains our empathic abilities. Dance is also a reliable companion in matters of the heart. ‘Putting your red shoes on’ not only protects against heart disease, it might even save your love life: because sometimes the way to someone’s heart is through their dancing feet.

A scientific conference on a Greek island, the Greek God of healing and dance, Apollo, and two young neuroscientists with a passion for dance provide a charming background story for many surprising and fascinating scientific facts about why humans dance, how dance is a means of expression, and why dance is a social glue. The authors explain why dance is a symbol of beauty and seduction, at the same time as it has the power to heal our mind and body.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Polaris
  • Release: 25.09.2018
  • ISBN: 978-3-499-63353-9
  • 320 Pages
  • Authors: Julia F. ChristensenDong-Seon Chang
  • Illustrated by: Julia F. Christensen

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Julia F. Christensen Dong-Seon Chang DANCE IS THE BEST MEDICINE!
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Julia F. Christensen

Dr. Julia F. Christensen studied psychology and neuroscience in Spain, France and the UK and obtained her PhD from the University of the Balearic Islands. Her research on the neuroscience of dance has been featured in international newspapers including the Washington Post and the New York Times. She has been awarded several scholarships and prizes. Today she works at the Max Planck Institute for empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt, Germany. She is a passionate argentine tango dancer.

Portrait von Dong-Seon Chang
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Dong-Seon Chang

Dong-Seon Chang, born in Heidelberg in 1980, lived for many years in Korea and in the US . He studied biology and received a doctor’s degree at the Max Planck Institute for biological cybernetics in Tübingen where he still works. He has given more than 100 talks in various formats and won several Science Slams.