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To examine the relationships between creative ability in dance and selected attributes of creativity for 61 female dance majors three dance performance tests were devised. These assessed originality, fluency, and flexibility. Four Guilford divergent-production measures and two personological inventories were also administered. Analysis of a cluster analysis and a multidimensional scaling technique indicated the variables grouped into four clusters according to the type of measures administered: (a) dance performance, (b) verbal and visual-figural creativity, and (c) personological information. No interrelationships were found among variables across clusters. This supports consideration of the creativity variables as separate factors of divergent production in dance.

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Relationship between Creative Ability in Dance and Selected Creative Attributes

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