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Considering the embodied experience of a researcher who is a dancer, I will be able to contribute to the development of empirical research methods, with the perspective of not measuring other dancer's perceptions, but to include his/her background and previous experiences including my own insights as an insider in the dance field. This method will privilege both perceived experiences from dancer's experiences at these three ballet companies as well experiences of the researcher as a dancer. This way, this investigation will value the kinesthetic proprioceptive awareness from the dancer explaining their experience of the movement (Roses Thema, 2007). The choice of doing ethnographic research at three ballet companies is to explore the theoretical

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