Open access publication
Open access publication on the Research Topic "Dance and Disability" published by Frontiers in Psychology.
In the past decades, dance has developed into an interesting object of research, whose knowledge potential is now recognized by many scientific disciplines such as social and educational sciences, cognitive and neurosciences as well as health and rehabilitation sciences. A special focus is on the so-called mixed abled dance, in which dancers with the most diverse physical, psychological and mental conditions dance and work together with each other as equals. This is one of the reasons why (mixed abled) dance now plays an important role in the implementation of inclusion in all areas of life and gives a new, strong impulse to the scientific and artistic research landscape. With the research topic "Dance and Disability" the editors Bettina Bläsing, Sarah Whatley and Susanne Quinten want to underline and advance this development. The journal's seven articles highlight approaches and ideas from artistic, therapeutic and pedagogical contexts and present empirical findings, methodological questions and theoretical considerations on the topic of dance and disability.
The open access publication is available at https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/10911/dance-and-disability#overview
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The campus of the technical university Dortmund is located near the Dortmund West motorway junction, where the A45 Sauerland line crosses the B1/A40 Ruhr expressway. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.
The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. The university can also be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.
The H-Bahn is one of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Centre via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.
From Dortmund Airport, it takes just over 20 minutes to get to Dortmund Central Station with the AirportExpress and from there to the university with the S-Bahn. Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometres away, offers a wider range of international flight connections and can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university station.