Fiona Bannon

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the breadth of emerging issues and concerns from an ongoing qualitative research study into dance education and discuss ways forward for research in dance education, by means of dance creation, performance and appreciation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the educational possibilities of learning in and through dance, highlighting the recent development of three multimedia resources as positive aids for this journey and identify trajectories for research into the complex knowledge evident in dance as an intellectual, physical and sensorial response to experiences of the world.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors highlight the importance of giving consideration to research methodologies in the emergence of personal research practice, making decisions about what method/s to use will ultimately direct the engagement with any study, beyond the purely mechanistic operation of the research and towards the philosophical and ethical issues that define its purpose.

TL;DR: In this article, a reflective narration of one of the authors explores ways in which his career in dance has been challenged through mental ill health and the physical and emotional disruptions of age, through embodied memory, dancing nostalgia, loss, reluctance, mental illness, and difference.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss findings from a recent academic development project in which they engaged with students in an exploration of how they think and what they think about in the process of creating solo-authored choreography.