Abstract
Dance analysis is a method that encompasses a wide range of approaches that have developed over time to aid researchers, teachers, students and practitioners to understand and appreciate dance. These approaches have continuously evolved to reflect advances in the discipline of dance, taking account of the influences of cultural perspectives and of developments in wider theoretical frameworks. Advances have also acknowledged the diversity of dance, which includes dance made for theatrical performance, dance as a social or cultural practice and how dance has developed in new directions due to the impact of digital technologies. This continuing evolution of methods, which have often emerged concurrently rather than sequentially, has led to a rich and dynamic field of dance analysis. This chapter explores a range of approaches to demonstrate how they can be applied to dance in myriad forms, providing tools that can help to see dance ‘from the inside’ and support meaning making, whether the analysis is located in dance performed live, on screen, online or in documented forms, such as images, scores and notations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Performance Research Methods |
| Subtitle of host publication | Interdisciplinary Methods for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies |
| Editors | Laura Karreman, Liesbeth GrootNibbelink |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers |
| Pages | 107-124 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-80511-610-3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-80511-607-3, 978-1-80511-608-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Oct 2025 |