Dance and Movement Arts Based Research!
Ways to Utilize Movement... Explore Social Issues- Teen suicide and youth violence were both addressed in dances choreographed by Judith Marcuse in Canada (Fraser, 2008). Disseminate Scientific Ideas- The Ferocious Genome performed by Liz Lerman's Dance Exchange troupe addresses the problems that exist from our understanding of the human genome (Fraser, 2008). Ferocious Genome | IntroductionDance and Movement Based Research is a method of inquiry and discovery, which uses dance and movement to collect and represent data. This method recognizes that the body is a source of knowledge and the mind and body are fully connected. This method has been implemented more seriously in Great Britain, Canada, and Australia (Leavy, 2009).Movement Inquiry As... |
Quotes
"Dance is often a medium that encourages a greater degree of individuality than speech patterns" (Bosse, 2008, p. 49).
"(She) chose dance as the medium as she believes in its 'power to communicate'" (Fraser, 2008, p. 2)
"The dance performance allowed us to address the visceral, emotional, and visual aspects of our research which are frequently invisible in traditional academia" (Boydell, 2011, p. 16).
"Whether sympathetic, empathetic, or contagious, the kinesthetic experience can be described as an affect" (Reason & Reynolds, 2010, p. 72).
"'Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul's weather to all who can read it' -Martha Graham" (Lack, 2006).
