My intentions for "In Passing" were to build the beginnings of an education philosophy through a richly varied choreographic process. I wanted my dancers to come away from this work with a heightened eagerness to explore the unfamiliar and an increased confidence in their ability to support one another and be supported, and I wanted to learn to more effectively and tenderly lead a group of many different personalities through a long-term creative experience. I think we have been successful.

Dance faculty in higher education have various backgrounds and training ranging from professional dance careers to doctoral degrees in dance. This study sought to examine the ways background and training impact faculty members‟ pedagogical approach to a dance technique class in a higher education dance department. This study examined the pedagogical knowledge, content knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge of participants through qualitative methods including interviews, observations, and document analysis. Six major themes emerged from the data: desire to teach, teaching focus, challenging students, planning and preparation, instructional methods, and assessment strategies.

Thesis (Ed.D.) -- Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Nancy BrooksSchmitz. Dissertation Committee: Heidi Hayes Jacobs. Includes bibliographical references: (leaves 153-161).

A tese analisa práticas de dança como componente curricular obrigatório de Arte na educação básica, em escolas públicas no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. É produto da pesquisa com seis professoras graduadas em dança. A partir da identificação de tensões provocadas pela prática da dança na escola (construção de currículo, planos de ensino e aulas), a pesquisa problematiza as relações de saber-poder que configuram essas práticas. Identifica que as práticas de dança, ao colocar o corpo (composto, exposto, soma e tátil) como centro do currículo, desestabilizam tecnologias de governo naturalizadas na escola, tais como as operações disciplinares. Analisa diferentes práticas, com ênfase para práticas de composição e estudos labanianos, práticas com perspectiva da educação somática e práticas com presença do toque e do contato. A pesquisadora acompanhou duas semanas de aula de cada professora e realizou entrevistas com as professoras e com um integrante da equipe diretiva de cada escola. Ainda, os dados foram produzidos por registros em diário de campo, áudio, vídeo e fotografia. A produção e análise dos dados tece a perspectiva dos estudos foucaultianos, com saberes artístico-pedagógicos que a autora traz encarnados. A tese identifica a conduta artista das professoras, construída na relação com a escola, e mostra que as práticas se constituem em espaços íntimos a partir dos saberes da dança / This thesis analyses how six dance teachers compose their artistic-pedagogical practices in the formal system of education in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Dance is an art subject in the compulsory curriculum in the primary and secondary schools. From the identification of tensions provoked by the practice of dance at school – such as the construction of the curriculum, teaching plans and classes – the study problematises the power-knowledge relations in these practices. The research identifies that dance practices destabilise naturalised technologies of government at school, such as disciplinary operations, through placing the body (composed, exposed, soma and tactile) at the centre of the curriculum. The work analyses different practices, with emphasis on composition, Laban studies, somatic education, touch and contact. The methodology of data production involves participative observation of each teacher's lessons along two weeks, alongside interviewing teachers and members of the management staff. These actions were made through the using of the notebook, audio-recording, video and photographs.The analysis, as well as data production, was made through the articulation of Foucaultian studies with the researcher’s embodied artistic-pedagogical knowledge. The thesis identifies the teachers 'artist conduct' built in the relationship with the school, and shows that practices constitute intimate spaces from the dance knowledge.

A tese analisa práticas de dança como componente curricular obrigatório de Arte na educação básica, em escolas públicas no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. É produto da pesquisa com seis professoras graduadas em dança. A partir da identificação de tensões provocadas pela prática da dança na escola (construção de currículo, planos de ensino e aulas), a pesquisa problematiza as relações de saber-poder que configuram essas práticas. Identifica que as práticas de dança, ao colocar o corpo (composto, exposto, soma e tátil) como centro do currículo, desestabilizam tecnologias de governo naturalizadas na escola, tais como as operações disciplinares. Analisa diferentes práticas, com ênfase para práticas de composição e estudos labanianos, práticas com perspectiva da educação somática e práticas com presença do toque e do contato. A pesquisadora acompanhou duas semanas de aula de cada professora e realizou entrevistas com as professoras e com um integrante da equipe diretiva de cada escola. Ainda, os dados foram produzidos por registros em diário de campo, áudio, vídeo e fotografia. A produção e análise dos dados tece a perspectiva dos estudos foucaultianos, com saberes artístico-pedagógicos que a autora traz encarnados. A tese identifica a conduta artista das professoras, construída na relação com a escola, e mostra que as práticas se constituem em espaços íntimos a partir dos saberes da dança / This thesis analyses how six dance teachers compose their artistic-pedagogical practices in the formal system of education in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Dance is an art subject in the compulsory curriculum in the primary and secondary schools. From the identification of tensions provoked by the practice of dance at school – such as the construction of the curriculum, teaching plans and classes – the study problematises the power-knowledge relations in these practices. The research identifies that dance practices destabilise naturalised technologies of government at school, such as disciplinary operations, through placing the body (composed, exposed, soma and tactile) at the centre of the curriculum. The work analyses different practices, with emphasis on composition, Laban studies, somatic education, touch and contact. The methodology of data production involves participative observation of each teacher's lessons along two weeks, alongside interviewing teachers and members of the management staff. These actions were made through the using of the notebook, audio-recording, video and photographs.The analysis, as well as data production, was made through the articulation of Foucaultian studies with the researcher’s embodied artistic-pedagogical knowledge. The thesis identifies the teachers 'artist conduct' built in the relationship with the school, and shows that practices constitute intimate spaces from the dance knowledge.

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Orientador: Irineu Aliprando Tuim Viotto Filho / Resumo: A pesquisa aqui relatada é vinculada à Linha de Pesquisa 3 “Processos formativos, infância e juventude”, do Programa de Pós Graduação em Educação da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia UNESP/Presidente Prudente e sob as bases teóricas e epistemológicas da teoria histórico-cultural teve como objetivo geral identificar e analisar o quanto a organização do ensino da atividade da dança, em um processo de intervenção formativo ludo-pedagógico, contribuiu para a aprendizagem sobre a linguagem da dança e a criação de imagens artísticas, carregadas de significados sociais através de ações corporais, tendo em vista o desenvolvimento das funções psicológicas superiores, como a imaginação e a criatividade dos estudantes. Para tanto, realizamos um processo de intervenção junto a uma sala de 3º ano do Ensino Fundamental, com cerca de 36 estudantes na faixa etária entre oito e nove anos, em uma escola pública municipal, da cidade de Presidente Prudente. Em um total de 24 encontros buscamos construir possibilidades interventivas formativas para os estudantes e, nesse movimento, compreender as possibilidades de ensino da dança e sua relação com o desenvolvimento da imaginação e criatividade dos sujeitos participantes. Com as reflexões teóricas expostas em nossa seção de análise dos dados, observamos o avanço dos sujeitos no que se refere à compreensão do conceito da dança e os elementos que a compõe e como essas apropriações os fizeram avançar no processo de composição de uma imagem artística... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The research reported here is linked to Research Line 3 “Formative processes, childhood and youth”, from the Postgraduate Program in Education at FCT- UNESP / Presidente Prudente and under the theoretical and epistemological bases of historical-cultural theory, its general objective was to investigate how much the organization of the teaching of dance activity, in a ludo-pedagogical formative intervention process, contributed to learning about the language of dance and the creation of artistic images, charged with social meanings through bodily actions, with a view to the development of superior psychological functions, such as students' imagination and creativity. To this end, we carried out an intervention process in a 3rd year elementary school room, with about 36 students aged between 8 and 9 years old, in a municipal public school in the city of Presidente Prudente; in a total of 24 meetings, we seek to build interventional training possibilities for students and, in this movement, understand the possibilities of teaching dance and its relationship with the development of the imagination and creativity of the participating subjects. With the theoretical reflections exposed in our chapter of data analysis, we observe the progress of the subjects in terms of understanding the concept of dance and the elements that compose it and how these appropriations made them advance in the process of composing an artistic image with communicative purposes at the end of the interventio... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

abstract: “In Spirit - An Archetypal Journey of the Soul” is a document illustrating the process of creating an evening length autobiographical aerial dance theater performance, In Spirit, through the investigation of theoretical, kinesthetic and choreographic research of archetypal symbolism, as well as aesthetic, choreographic and pedagogical aspects of aerial dance. The Jungian research specifically informed the identification of symbolism and the roles that archetypes play in creating a clear storyline within aerial dance theatre. In addition, research of aesthetic voice and current aerial dance practitioners became important and gave perspectives on creative pedagogical engagement in contemporary dance and aerial dance-making. For the duration of the process of creating In Spirit image-based creative tools, tarot symbolism, Jungian archetypes, aerial dance training and collaboration were explored with the cast of ten dancers. Through this research and embodying the spirit of collaboration, the choreographer and dancers worked diligently to train dancers with no previous experience in aerial dance to perform in aerial roles. The evening-length performance of In Spirit synthesized contemporary dance, aerial dance, theatre and symbolism regarding rebirth. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Dance 2020

abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study was to design and assess a dance pedagogy curriculum intended to cultivate private sector dance educators’ somatic perception. Research questions were framed to understand the nature of knowledge encouraged by the curriculum and each educator's experience of knowledge formation and application to each participant's pedagogical context. The study was conducted in four overlapping stages: 1) Philosophical inquiry, 2) Curricular design, 3) Limited case-study, and 4) Data analysis. The stages employed mix methodologies that included: action research, autobiographical reflection, ethnographic and phenomenological approaches. The limited case-study explored two private-sector dance educators’ experiences of the curriculum. Data collected during the limited case-study conducted with the dance educators revealed thematic clusters about the nature, cultivation, expression, and experience of somatic perception. The themes suggest that the nature of somatic perception reflects an individual educators’ lived experiences that shape values, movement patterns, and phrasing. The expression of somatic perception aligns with the individual educator’s narrative and was evident in patterns and phrasing of movement and learning. The cultivation of somatic perception is an ongoing process that requires active engagement to acquire, assimilate, and integrate the knowledge of content, context, self, and student. Finally, somatic perception manifested itself in each educator’s unique expression of confidence, empathy, creativity, and spontaneity resulting in skillful enactment of knowledge within an immediate pedagogical context. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Dance 2020

Enactment of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 expanded and clarified the rights of students with disabilities in higher education (Connor, 2011; Pena, 2014; Troiano, 2003). In the past three decades, the enrollment rate of students with learning disabilities (LD) in higher education has tripled. However, the magnitude and quality of scholarship addressing the experiences of students with disabilities (including LD) does not reflect this exponential shift. While existing literature addresses dancers with physical and developmental disabilities (Kuppers, 2004; Sandahl & Auslander, 2005; Whatley, 2007, 2008) and children with learning disabilities (Cone & Cone, 2011), research on dancers with learning disabilities in postsecondary settings is nil. Research that includes the voices of identifying dancers with learning disabilities in higher education is necessary in order to discover more effective pathways and approaches to interventions and learning strategies. This qualitative study examines the perceptions of six dance majors and minors with learning disabilities (LD) in higher education dance programs from five universities located in the New York/New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania and Midwest regions of the United States. The purpose of the study is to privilege the voices and perspectives of an underrepresented population in dance in order to illuminate challenges, learning strategies, and experienced meanings within creating, learning, and performing dance in higher education. Qualitative sources of data include in-person interviews, non-participant observations, and participant reflective journals. Several rounds of coding and data analysis generated a multifaceted and nuanced portrait of six dancers with LDs’ challenges, strategies, and experienced meanings, both individual and composite, in higher education dance. Several described self-determined approaches through agentic acts of learning individualized to their unique LDs. For all dancers, emotional states undergirded challenges, strategies, and relationality in higher education dance. Further, descriptions of visibility, acceptance, and affirmation by peers and instructors in technique and composition classrooms illuminated the value of relational authenticity for these dancers. Research findings suggest areas in need of reformed practices while also illuminating extant teaching practices that effectively meet the needs of students, including the transparent integration of ameliorative strategies into higher education dance. Findings related to emotional challenges point to the importance of emotional support as a priority in higher education dance programs, a need that I suggest has become increasingly critical for all university dance students during this period of global pandemic. The study offers insight into the ways dance in higher education can be more accessible and inclusive by privileging the authority of the individual student and enabling authentic engagement with self and a broader relationality to different others. / Dance