Full Description
Practitioner Perspectives on Dance Research is a collection of accounts from scholars, educators, practitioners and makers that present an overview of key themes, arguments, and practices central to their individual research.
Built upon conversations recorded as ResDance™ podcast episodes, this edited collection presents both theoretical discussions and first-hand insights into various research practices, engaging with both established and emergent ideas central to dance research. Whilst challenging current thinking, contributors from around the globe additionally offer reflections on ethics and practices of care, pedagogy and education, and the shifting perspectives on methodologies. By providing an accessible exploration of frequently employed approaches, this book illuminates the choices made and considerations taken in dance research practice.
This interdisciplinary discourse presents a rich palette of perspectives, approaches and ideas and is ideal for students, researchers, academics and practitioners alike with an interest in the current state of dance, both in research and in practice.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Wandering into the Yes of Phenomenology
Chapter 2: Engaging Ethically in Dance for Health research
Chapter 3: Choreographing in the Borderland: Identity and positionality in an immersive practice
Chapter 4: Ways of Knowing: Tensions between Dance-ing and Science-ing
Chapter 5: Epistemologies of Breaking (or 10 Reasons Why I Break)
Chapter 6: A practitioner's perspective - What are the practices of care?
Chapter 7: A British Ballet dancer: Echoing memories of ballet
Chapter 8: Entering the f/old - languaging as the 'stuff' of art making
Chapter 9: Researching Site Dance: Entangled Enmeshments
Chapter 10: When rasa preserves the body: A performing art and brain research perspective
Chapter 11: Where the meaning means elseward
Chapter 12: Fighting the Good Fight: A Journey of Reflection and Transformation
Chapter 13: Reflections on Methodological Approaches in Dance for Health Research
Chapter 14: Teacher/Researcher - Inside Dance Pedagogy Research
