Dancing for health: conquering and preventing stress

Setting the Stage

Evolution's Gifts

Dance-Stress Coupling

Historical and Non-Western Dance-Stress Relations

Meeting the Gods and Demons

Shaking Off Poison, Plague, Death and Sin

Coming to Terms with Life Crises

Resolving Conflict

Revitalizing the Past and Facing the Future

Western Dance-Stress Relations

"Playing" Onstage in Western Theatrical Dance

A Dance Career in the west

Amateur Dancing in the West

Dance (Movement) Therapy

Finale: Dance and Stress Resistance, Reduction and Euphoria.