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Choreography learning features as a valuable and essential part of tertiary dance education globally. It fosters creativity, collaboration, and communication, and supports broader learning about just societies, cultural understanding, and global challenges. This research considers the tertiary choreography educator’s role, in light of the 2024 UNESCO Framework for Culture and Arts Education, responding to the query: ‘what are relevant meanings of choreography and what is the pedagogy required to teach these?’ and, ‘how these might these transform understandings of, or be transformed by the Framework?’ Within this qualitative ethnographic study, the researcher draws on experiences of the UNESCO Framework Conference, interviews with tertiary choreography educators, and her interrogates personal pedagogical practices and curriculum design. Suggestions for implementation of the Framework into choreography education are proposed. The findings of this research will be relevant to other arts educators as they also consider implementation of the Framework.
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Sarah Knox
Dr Sarah Knox is a Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies at The University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Sarah is a former professional contemporary dancer. Her research explores the nature of collaboration within choreographic contexts, dance education, pedagogy and wellness. Her doctorate explored women’s experiences of teaching choreography within tertiary education and meanings of creative pedagogy in this context. Sarah is the Co-Chair of the World Dance Alliance Education and Training network for the Asia Pacific region and works nationally and internationally as a teacher, choreographer and advocate for dance.
