ABSTRACT
The following paper was specifically intended as a collaboration between two writers whose work on dance incorporates different disciplinary frameworks: dance practice/history/criticism (Jordan), and sociology of dance/ culture (Thomas). Thus, our interest in and our observations on dance are coloured by the theoretical and methodological positions we inhabit in our respective disciplines. We have sought to use these differences, as well as points of overlap, to our advantage. Through the process of writing and re-writing the other's writing, we have attempted to generate a more kaleidoscopic view of the topics and themes under discussion in this paper than we would have been able to do individually.
