Moving through Change - Transformative Learning in the Meeting between Differently Bodied Dancers

Presentation by the organizer: Tone Pernille Østern, dance artist and associate professor, head of Arts, Media and Sports Teaching Program for Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim. Østern has played a decisive role in several dance organisations. Among her research interest are dance didactics, improvisation, choreography, embodied learning, dramaturgy of teaching, art as research, aesthetic pedagogical design processes. Elen Øyen, dancer, member of the dance ensemble Danselaboratoriet, Trondheim. Together with Tone Pernille Østern, she has performed and published a number of scientific articles, of which lately “Moving through Change. Choreographic Practices” (2015) and “Difference as a Creative and Critical Force in Teacher Education: Reflective Partners Teaching in and out of the Wheelchair” (2014). See www.danselaboratoriet.no.