Am Skype conversation - dance as an approach to the lived experience

This morning’s skype session was great. We have 7 people in the conversation. We talked about a number of things, which included:

• Research project ideas in general
• At what point a research project emerges (It is better not to have an idea from the beginning and stick to it regardless of the course!! Rather the course is designed for ideas to emerge and maybe re-shaped by the activity of each module)
• We heard about Cathie’s research project ideas and this led us to conversation about what it means to be professional in the dance field (is everyone in dance trying to be a paid performer? Could we see dance as a field of practice with many roles, or even could we see dance as an approach to the lived experience).
• Where do we trace our learning from and what impact does that have on how we try to ignite learning in our students. Is learning about dance primarily in the practical professional experiences we have rather than in our training (which could be seen as something where we were taught by rote, or taught to copy / reproduce our teachers)

People who were a part of the conversation are posting on different aspects of the conversation:

Rose will be posting about observation http://rosepaye3012.blogspot.co.uk

Zsuzanne will be posting on reflections on research project ideas www.zsurcy.wordpress.com

Cathy will be posting on her approach to finding a research idea and a little about what she has been thinking about thus far. http://cathieingram.wordpress.com

Michael will be posting on historical reflection on ones own learning mcmastan.blogspot.co.uk

Amanda will be posting on the journal writing experience. (Amanda can you put your blog address in the comments below)

What do you all think?

People in conversation have I captured it!! People not in conversation what do you think of these topics?

Adesola