Facilitating collective dramaturgy in dance and music collaborative improvisation from the perspective of Rhythm Tap practice

这是第一个实践研究博士。在全球范围内的节奏踢踏舞领域。本研究旨在分析节奏踢踏舞中的创造性实践，以产生关于舞蹈和音乐合作中即兴戏剧的新知识。这将为舞蹈戏剧和即兴研究领域的话语和实践做出原创性贡献。学术研究需要将节奏挖掘创造性实践与更广泛的理论框架联系起来，并在专业实践中激发批判性反思，并支持行业和学术界更广泛的理解和认可。关于踢踏舞的出版文献集中在关键人物的历史，技术和风格贡献（Hill，2000），（Siebert，2015）。关于实践的写作主要是自传体的（Buffalino，2004）或指导性的（Duffy，2017）。本研究将从绩效的角度，通过实践研究来解决文献中的这一空白。

This is the first practice research Ph.D. within the field of rhythm tap globally. This research aims to analyse creative practices within rhythm tap dance to generate new knowledge about improvisational dramaturgy in dance and music collaboration. This will make an original contribution to discourse and practice around dance dramaturgy and the field of Improvisation Studies. Academic research is needed to connect rhythm tap creative practice with wider theoretical frameworks and instigate critical reflection within professional practice and support wider understanding and acknowledgement within the industry and Academy. Published literature about Tap Dance focuses uponthe historical, technical and stylistic contribution of key individuals (Hill, 2000), (Siebert, 2015). Writing about practice is mostly autobiographical (Buffalino, 2004) or instructional (Duffy, 2017). This study will address this gap in literature through practice research from a performance perspective.