Effects of Movement Improvisation and Aerobic Dancing on Motor Creativity and Divergent Thinking

Richard, Véronique; Ben‐Zaken, Sigal; Siekańska, Małgorzata; Tenenbaum, Gershon

doi:10.1002/jocb.450

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“…Although findings revealed a significant effect for both movement improvisation and aerobic dancing on motor creativity variables compared to control, the effect sizes of movement improvisation were greater. Moreover, only movement improvisation impacted significantly original thinking compared to the control condition ( Richard et al, 2020 ).…”

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Creativity in Motion: Examining the Creative Potential System and Enriched Movement Activities as a Way to Ignite It

Richard

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Cairney

2021

Front. Psychol.

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In a global and highly competitive world, the importance of creativity is increasing as it supports adaptability, health, and actualization. Yet, because most research focuses on what it takes to produce creative artifacts, interventions supporting growth in creative potential remains underexplored. To address this limitation, the first goal of this paper is to review the creativity science literature to identify the elements that underpin the realization of an individual’s creative potential. The summary of the literature is presented using a framework which highlights the interactions between environmental elements (i.e., cultural values, social interactions, and material world) and actors’ elements (i.e., affective attributes and states, cognitive skills, and physical expression). Using a systemic perspective, the framework illustrates ‘what’ creativity enhancement interventions should aim for, to facilitate the emergence of creative actions. Given the current lack of holistic, embodied, and interactive evidence-based interventions to nurture the creative potential elements identified, the second part of this review builds on movement sciences literature and physical literacy conceptualization to suggest that enriched movement activities are promising avenues to explore. Specifically, following non-linear pedagogy approaches, an intervention called movement improvisation is introduced. Ecological dynamics principles are used to explain how improvising with movement in a risk-friendly environment can lead to cognitive, affective, social, and cultural repertoire expansion. To interrogate this argument further, the review concludes with possible solutions to withstand research challenges and raises future study questions. Overall, combining creativity and movement sciences in this review demonstrates the potential for well-designed movement interventions to ignite creative potential for individuals and overcome the tendency to remain anchored in a state of inertia.

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Creativity in Motion: Examining the Creative Potential System and Enriched Movement Activities as a Way to Ignite It

Richard

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Cairney

2021

Front. Psychol.

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“…Researchers acknowledge that creativity is facilitated when divergent thinking mechanisms are activated (Zhang et al, 2020). Their findings highlighted the contribution of movement programs to creative potential development, and the imperative role of a non-judgmental environment, where individuals are free to move spontaneously (Domínguez et al, 2015;Richard et al, 2021). Contrary to this, other researchers believe that traditional teaching styles can develop creative skills (Oboeuf et al, 2020).…”

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“…exercise challenges should be investigated. Therefore, the link between the development of motor creativity and the relevance structures of training programs deepens, and strategies can be introduced as interesting elements to support the promotion of motor creativity (An et al, 2016;Javaid & Pandarakalam, 2021;Richard et al, 2018Richard et al, , 2021.…”

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The effect of games based on divergent and convergent thinking on motor competence and creativity in children aged 7-8 years

Alipour¹,

Dehkordi²,

Entezari³

2023

Acta Gymnica

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Background: Children's creativity and motor competence are expandable factors that are related to convergent and divergent thinking processes. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of games based on divergent and convergent thinking on motor competence and creativity in children aged 7-8 years. Methods: Participants aged 7.41 ± 0.39 years (n = 34) were selected based on inclusion criteria and were divided randomly into three groups (divergent thinking, convergent thinking, and control). Participants performed their group interventions in eighteen training sessions (six weeks period). The nonlinear training approach was used to manipulate divergent thinking and linear training was used in the group of manipulating convergent thinking. Each child completed the Movement Assessment Battery for Children -Second Edition to assess motor competence. The Bertsch Test was used to assess motor creativity. Results: In motor competence, the results revealed significant main effects for groups (p < .001) and time (p < .001) as well as significant groups by time interaction effect (p < .001). The divergent thinking group (M = 32.50) was significantly better than the control group (M = 24.79, p < .001), and the convergent thinking group (M = 28.81, p = .003). In motor creativity, the results revealed significant main effects for groups (p < .001) and time (p < .001) as well as significant groups by time interaction effect (p < .001). The divergent thinking group (M = 13.27, p < .001) and the convergent thinking group (M = 12.36, p = .016) were significantly better than the control group (M = 10.63). However, no significant difference was found between the divergent thinking and convergent thinking groups. Conclusions: Physical education teachers and educators are recommended to use the divergent thinking training approach to promote students' motor competence. Also, simple adjustments in the exercise program in the form of games can help children's motor creativity. However, more research is suggested to explore divergent and convergent learning mechanisms.

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The Exploration of the Holistic and Complex Impacts of Creative Dance on Creative Potential Enhancement

Richard,

Brown,

Garcías

et al. 2024

Journal of Creative Behavior

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Interest in nurturing individuals' creative potential is rising. Yet, the potential benefits of incorporating creative embodied activities have been neglected in both applied and research settings. To address this gap, this study examined the effects of a Creative Dance program on university students' creative self‐efficacy, emotional creativity, tolerance to ambiguity, and ideation behaviors. A total of 143 undergraduate students participated, either in the Creative Dance intervention or a sport‐based control group for 15 weeks. A mixed‐method approach using questionnaires and focus groups was adopted. Linear mixed effects models showed that engaging in Creative Dance had a significant effect on ideational behaviors and tolerance to ambiguity. Specifically, students in the intervention condition improved their ideational behaviors and remained stable in their tolerance to ambiguity compared to student in the control condition who remained stable and regressed on those variables respectively. Focus group results highlighted the social effects of the intervention, which help to contextualize the quantitative findings. This study underscores the importance of integrating creative embodied activities to foster individuals' creative potential while highlighting the need to develop comprehensive assessment tools to capture the dynamic interplay between individuals and their environment throughout this process.

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Effects of Movement Improvisation and Aerobic Dancing on Motor Creativity and Divergent Thinking

Cited by 10 publications

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Creativity in Motion: Examining the Creative Potential System and Enriched Movement Activities as a Way to Ignite It

Creativity in Motion: Examining the Creative Potential System and Enriched Movement Activities as a Way to Ignite It

The effect of games based on divergent and convergent thinking on motor competence and creativity in children aged 7-8 years

The Exploration of the Holistic and Complex Impacts of Creative Dance on Creative Potential Enhancement

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