Spring 2027

Dance Field Work

DANCE FIELD WORK is an off-campus, self-directed study where students develop a creative performance project under faculty mentorship in local, national, or international settings.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify critical perspectives on dance through cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, historical, social, political, and scientific perspectives.

  • Integrate knowledge of the field of dance and innovative methods in dance research.

  • Apply specific knowledge and skills related to one’s chosen path of inquiry.

  • Utilize qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods for conducting dance research.

  • Utilize analytical skills for conducting research including auto-ethnography and considerations for information gathering, documentation, data collection, analysis, and reporting.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Dance MFA

  • Declared in Dance MFA
DANCE 679

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  • Declared in Dance MFA

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Student experience

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Off-campus, in-the-field experience pursuing an intensive, self-directed study or project under faculty guidance and mentorship. Research directly leads to the development of a creative performance project. May be conducted in a local, national, or international community or professional settings as related to student's practice-as-research work. One-on-one high-value creative research activity, individual-level feedback, and model the behavior and norms of academia and professional life. Devise a research project while guided through the research and creative process.

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Topics

  • Practice-as-research in local, national, or international community and professional settings.
  • Critical perspectives on dance across cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, historical, social, political, and scientific domains.
  • Academic and professional norms, including individual-level feedback and creative research activities.

Skills

  • Devising self-directed research projects and utilizing analytical skills for information gathering, documentation, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
  • Developing creative performance projects by applying specific knowledge and skills related to a chosen path of inquiry.
  • Integrating dance field knowledge with innovative research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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