61.058 - Toward an Understanding of Performative Research as Embodied Inquiry

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The acts of devising performative research (Donmoyer and Yennie-Donmoyer, 1995) and its preparation for performance can be considered acts of inquiry in themselves. Over a four-day period, seven performative researchers were videotaped in the exploration of three texts (script, poetry and a journal article) and one set of improvisational dances through theatrical embodiment. Video presentations of their creative works and the conversations among iterations provide methodological examples that can be a) of use to those who utilize performance and b) demonstrate the rigorous nature of this work.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education

Chair

• Joe Norris, Brock University

Papers

• Introduction: Video for Analysis and Dissemination - Joe Norris, Brock University

• Rehearsal as Research: Layering Meaning - Graham Lea; Lynn Margaret Fels, Simon Fraser University

• Getting It: Theatrical Renditions of Performing a Poem - Sean P. Wiebe, University of Prince Edward Island

• Dancing in and out of Chairs: A Dramatic Interview - Celeste Snowber, Simon Fraser University; Susan Gerofsky, The University of British Columbia

• Lug Writing: Debriefing the Dance - Kathryn Ann Ricketts, University of Regina

Discussant

• Anne M Harris, Monash University