Researching Dance

Evolving Modes of Inquiry

Sondra Horton Fraleigh, Penelope Hanstein, Sondra Horton Fraleigh, Penelope Hanstein

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Year: 1998
• ISBN:
  9780822971955
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Performing Arts

In Researching Dance, an introduction to research methods in dance addressed primarily to graduate students, the editors explore dance as evolutional, defining it in view of its intrinsic participatory values, its developmental aspects, and its purposes from art to ritual, and they examine the role of theory in research. The editors have also included essays by nine dancer-scholars who examine qualitative and quantitative inquiry and delineate the most common approaches for investigating dance, raising concerns about philosophy and aesthetics, historical scholarship, movement analysis, sexual and gender identification, cultural diversity, and the resources available to students. The writers have included study questions, research exercises, and suggested readings to facilitate the book's use as a classroom text.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Part I. Context, Process, and Theory
• Part II. Modes of Inquiry and Dance Research Methods
• Part III. Research Tools and Issues Specific to Dance
• List of Contributors
• Index