Similar research into Music and Dance

It is important to know what other research is being done into my area of Practice, so that I can specifically relate my research to the broader contemporary dance contexts.

For example:

London Studio Centre is holding a a practice as research open discussion round table event into music and dance tomorrow. The roundtable event has invited speakers Raymond Chai, Ashleigh Berry, Rhimes Lecointe. The all range from dancers, choreographers and performers from musical theatre television, ballet and dance company backgrounds. This round table event hopes to open up the conventions. Here are the questions that are proposed to begin the discussions/debates. You may see how they are similar to my research questions.

In which ways are choreographers inspired to work with music? What are the relationships between choreographic and musical structure in the 21st century? How do choreographers work with music to add complex layers of meaning to their work? How do music and dance highlight different and similar aspects of culture, and what does it mean for those to come together in a single performance work? What are the challenges and opportunities arising from mediatisation of both music and dance?

My Practice as research questions (These are just proposed questions they may change)

·    Has our society and culture influenced the way we use music within contemporary dance today?

    Does an audience engage more within a dance performance with music or without music?

·   What are the relationships between music and dance during performance?

·    Is a musical score like dance choreography?

·    Should practitioners combine different art forms to create performance?

·    How does music enhance and influence movement?

It is essential for my research process to know who is doing similar research because without knowing what has gone before or what is happening currently how can I propose what is the right idea for the future?