Choreographic Interviews: An Embodied, Qualitative, and Arts-Based Method

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Abstract

During a series of three, 90-minute, Choreographic Interviews, dance became a way to theorize artfully about K-12 dance educators’ theoretical, philosophical, and practical understandings of the role of the body in learning. Approaching improvisational dance making as data generation during the interviews opened up an inquiry space in which imagining possible futures for teachers’ actions in schools was generative and welcomed. Using choreography as an arts-based inquiry method invited physical participation, built relationality, and embodied trust through reciprocal exchange of movement and experience. This paper argues that grounding the research experiences within our bodies through dance informs the content that we discuss and the ways in which we relate to one another during a meta-pragmatic interview context.

Author

• Lindsay E. Lindberg, University of California - Los Angeles