1. What good is it anyway? Professional dance artists legitimising their work for the Cultural Schoolbag in Norwegian schools.
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Karlsen, Joakim and Karlsen, Kristine Høeg
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DANCE students , *CULTURAL industries , *ART schools , *PHYSICAL education , *DANCERS - Abstract
This article examines how dance artists with extensive experience with The Cultural Schoolbag (TCS), a national programme for bringing the arts into schools, convey their rationale for working in TCS. Previous research has found that the artists' rationale for doing TCS-art is far from established and agreeing on what TCS-art should be or become is inherently difficult. The goal that TCS-art should contribute to the school's curriculum, potentially challenging the artists' freedom, continues to pose a challenge to TCS that has so far remained unresolved. Interviews with nine professional dancers show, that they to a little degree have been challenged to contribute to the school's curriculum and have had few problems establishing a rationale for doing TCS-art in line with being or becoming a professional dancer. Even if this rationale has been adapted to the socio-material conditions of performing TCS-art, it is seemingly within what can be accepted in the art world of dance in Norway. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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