The Dance Science Symposium 2023 will be held at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on the 22nd of April 2023. To be considered as a featured presenter at next year’s symposium, submit your research abstract today! Abstract submissions will be accepted through December 22nd, 2022 at 11:59pm ET. To submit your DSS 2023 research abstract, […]
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Dance Science Symposium 2022 Recap
The Dance Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) were pleased to host the Dance Science Symposium (DSS) 2022 in March. Dr. Aga Burzynska (Colorado State University), Dr. Julia Basso (Virginia Tech), and Ms. Martha Waugh (Western Sydney University) respectively presented original research on cognitive and […]
This past March, Dr. Aston K. McCullough (Director, Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance—LAB:SYNC) represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and LAB:SYNC at the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) 2022 International Workshop on the Neural and Social Bases of Creative Movement at Wolf Trap National Park for the […]
Laboratory for the Scientific Study of Dance (LAB:SYNC) joins all of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in thanking and celebrating Dr. Pierre Rouzier for his indelible contributions and dedication to health, medicine, and community at UMass. Rouzier, Director of Athletic Medicine at UMass Amherst, is the Medical Co-Investigator for the National Endowment for the Arts […]
This spring, the dance science community published a number of ground-breaking new studies, with over 40 articles on dance, science, health and technology featured on gravity! Note: Asterisk (*) indicates the author has been a Dance Science Symposium presenter Rugh, R., Humphries, A., Tasnim, N., & Basso, J. C.* (2022). Healing minds, moving bodies: measuring […]
LAB:SYNC is delighted to share that Dr. Aston K. McCullough will be presenting research from the National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as part of an upcoming National Science Foundation workshop—Your Brain and Dance: 2022 International Workshop on the Neural and Social Bases of Creative Movement (April 7 to 10, […]
The University of Massachusetts Amherst made mention of LAB:SYNC and its research on dance and health as an NEA Research Lab in a recent story released by UMass Magazine. [Read more…]
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Dance Down the Cobblestone Road
Dance Down the Cobblestone Road by Marrina Jacka Edited by Aston K. McCullough For five years now, I have been actively volunteering with Stony Brook Hospital, where I assist with the Dance for Parkinson’s Disease (PD) program. The Dance for PD classes utilize structures that often appear in dance classes to help people with PD […]
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LAB:SYNC in Fanfare
The University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Music & Dance made mention of LAB:SYNC in their annual periodical, Fanfare, focusing on the LAB:SYNC team and its commitment to the study of dance and health in adults as a National Endowment for the Arts Research Lab. See pages 8 & 9 in the Fanfare article. [Read more…]
I Spy Physiology Blog writer for the American Physiological Society, Adithi Ramakrishnan, recently interviewed Dr. Aston K. McCullough, LAB:SYNC Director, about some of the known benefits of dance for health. McCullough points toward research on moderate intensity dance and cardiovascular health, as well as toward some of the current research about the benefits of dance for […]