Title of study: A pedagogical exploration of agency and relatedness in Contemporary dance technique in a UK Conservatoire
This research aims to:
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- Articulate current discourses of dance education in relation to dance technique in higher education.
- Consider feminist critical pedagogy in relation to emancipatory learning within dance technique practices.
- Articulate a feminist, interpretive and critical ethnographic methodological approach that acknowledges the situated-ness of teacher/learner as co-participant.
- Develop understanding of agency and relatedness in contemporary dance technique learning through insightful description and analysis of the participant students’ nuanced experiences.
Supervisory team: Vida Midgelow and Victoria de Rijke