Reflections on Skilled Dance Performance

As a sociocultural scholar, I have embraced theory, yet my work has also been embedded in my own physical activity practice as a contemporary dancer/choreographer. Therefore, I have continuously engaged in skilled movement performance through a theoretical lens rather than linearly moving from performer/practitioners to sociocultural researcher. Furthermore, I have not removed myself from movement performance settings, but have continued to perform as a dancer/performer. In this chapter, consequently, I narrate, using post-structuralist concepts from Gilles Deleuze's theory, the events that have guided the navigation of my skilled movement performance path.