The Artist as Critic: Dance Training, Neuroscience, and Aesthetic Evaluation.

In this article, the author explores whether or not professional dancers should become critics for the field in which they are trained. Particular focus is given to insights raised from the 1891 essay "The Critic as Artist," by the writer and poet Oscar Wilde. Topics examined include the significance of dance training, how dance relates to neuroscience and the basis of aesthetic evaluation. The author suggests that dance training offers critics different neural and perceptual responses to observing dance.