ABSTRACT
This chapter examines particular definitions of 'choreomusical research' located in particular discursive statements. More specifically, it discusses the notion of 'choreomusical analysis' that is presented in Hodgins (1992) as well as more contemporary definitions of 'choreomusical research' and/or 'choreomusicology' that are presented in Jordan (2011) and Mason (2012). The chapter highlights the epistemological implications or consequences of such definitions as performative actions, partly intended to update research criteria for academic scholarship in the study of choreomusical relationships. The examination focuses on three issues that are highly interrelated. The first of these concerns the tension between the notion of 'academic research' and 'artistic practice'. The second issue concerns the tension between the notion of 'the art studies tradition' and 'the ethnographic tradition'. The third issue concerns the tension between the notion of 'choreomusical research' as a core discipline or as a multifaceted area in which a plurality of disciplines and methodologies are interconnected.
