Approaches to Dance (3): Naïveté and Curiosity. (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Van Zile, Judy
• Is Part Of: Dance research. Volume 39:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 264
• Page End: 273
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: autoethnography -- identity -- movement analysis -- Korean dance; Dance -- Research -- Periodicals; Dance -- Periodicals; 792.8
• DOI: 10.3366/drs.2021.0346
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-2875

Abstract

Abstract : Part autobiography, memoir, and autoethnography, this essay sketches a pathway that zig-zags and follows switchbacks as it moves from childhood ballet lessons to a profession in academic teaching and research. The path embraces dance notation, Korean dance, movement analysis, history, iconography, aesthetics, language, and communication as it continues beyond university employment into retirement, revealing the evolution of thought processes and the intertwining of the personal and professional.