The dance artistry of Diane Alison-Mitchell and Paradigmz: Accounting for Professional practice between 1993 and 2003

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dc.contributor.authorAdewole, Funmi
dc.date.acceptance2021-06
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-26T14:15:15Z
dc.date.available2021-07-26T14:15:15Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-24
dc.descriptionThis article was published in a special edition of the Theatre, Dance and Performance Training journal. For this special edition the journal collaborated with 'Independent Dance' a UK based dance support organisation. The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractDiane Alison-Mitchell and the dance artist known as Paradigmz started their careers in the 1990s. They went on to become accomplished dance artists. Between 1993 and 2003 the independent dance sector expanded in terms of activity yet there was very little training in Higher Education for a career as a dance artist in the Dance of the African Diaspora as a sector. Furthermore, the administrative debate over the definition of Black dance was at its peak making career definition difficult. Produced through a combination of narrative and critical inquiry, this paper looks at how Diane Alison-Mitchell and Paradigmz developed careers during this period, through on-the-job learning and self-directed professional development projects and engaging with events organised by dance industry professionals. The DAD sector is posited as a community of practice to bring into view how the dance practitioners during this time generated discourses to create a context for professional practice. The career journeys of Alison-Mitchell and Paradigmz display how through their critical engagement with a range of activities and dance discourses in the UK and abroad, they develop dance practices with a hybrid but specific identity from a range of dance forms, techniques, modes of dance making and performance.en
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dc.identifier.citationAdewole, 'F. (2021) The dance artistry of Diane Alison-Mitchell and Paradigmz: Accounting for professional practice between 1993 and 2003. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 12 (2), pp. 250-265en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2021.1919420
dc.identifier.issn1944-3927
dc.identifier.urihttps://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/21142
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.publisherFrancis and Tayloren
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Drama, Dance and Performance Studiesen
dc.subjectShared Resourcesen
dc.subjectBlack British Danceen
dc.titleThe dance artistry of Diane Alison-Mitchell and Paradigmz: Accounting for Professional practice between 1993 and 2003en
dc.typeArticleen

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