Professional contemporary dancers becoming mothers: navigating disrupted habitus and identity loss/evolution in a UK context
Journal article
Pickard, A. and Ehnold-Danailov, A. 2022. Professional contemporary dancers becoming mothers: navigating disrupted habitus and identity loss/evolution in a UK context. Research in Dance Education. 24 (1).
Authors | Pickard, A. and Ehnold-Danailov, A. |
---|---|
Abstract | There is a paucity of research into female-identifying dancers as parents, how the transition from dancer to pregnancy to parent is managed, and whether and how a dancing parent can maintain a career in dance. This paper shares findings from a qualitative interview study with (n=30), predominantly female professional contemporary dancers that have become parents and are working within the contemporary dance industry in the UK. It uses Pierre Bourdieu’s conceptual framework of belief and practice to make greater sense of how the dancers navigate becoming parents and the disruption to their dancer’s habitus and embodied identity, as they attempt to manage work-family conflicts within contemporary dance. Findings reveal that when the dancers became a parent the disrupted taken-for-granted norms and expectations of the dancer’s habitus and identity as a dancer, intensified the fragility of lives and livelihoods |
Keywords | Bourdieu; Disrupted habitus; Embodied identity; Pregnancy; Freelance dance artists |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Research in Dance Education |
Journal citation | 24 (1) |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1464-7893 |
1470-1111 | |
Funder | UKRI |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 20 Dec 2022 |
Deposited | 09 Jan 2023 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Restricted |
Output status | In press |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/937z1/professional-contemporary-dancers-becoming-mothers-navigating-disrupted-habitus-and-identity-loss-evolution-in-a-uk-context
9
total views1
total downloads9
views this month1
downloads this month