Dance scholars are primarily responsible for studying and analyzing dance, including its history, theory, and practice.

Dance scholars use a variety of methods to study dance, including ethnography, content analysis, historical research, and other qualitative and quantitative methods.

Dance scholars research a wide range of topics related to dance, including its history, theory, and practice.

Dance scholars contribute to the future of dance primarily through their research, which helps to inform and shape dance education, dance creation, and dance advocacy.

Dance scholars face a number of challenges today, including the lack of funding for dance research, the lack of recognition for dance scholarship, and the difficulty of disseminating dance research.

Dance scholars can overcome the challenges they face by advocating for more funding for dance research, working to raise the profile of dance scholarship, and developing new ways to disseminate dance research.

The future of dance scholarship is likely to be characterized by increased interdisciplinarity, globalization, and digitalization.

Dance scholars can ensure that their work is relevant to the future of dance by conducting research that is informed by the needs of the dance community, disseminating their research in a way that is accessible to the dance community, and collaborating with other dance scholars and practitioners.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance works by providing feedback to choreographers on their work, writing about new dance works in academic journals and other publications, and teaching dance history and theory to dance students.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance education programs by conducting research on the effectiveness of different dance education methods, developing new dance education curricula, and teaching dance education courses to teachers.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance advocacy initiatives by writing about the benefits of dance in academic journals and other publications, speaking about the benefits of dance to the media and the public, and working with dance organizations to develop advocacy campaigns.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance research methodologies by experimenting with new research methods, writing about new research methods in academic journals and other publications, and teaching research methods courses to dance students.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance theories by writing about new dance theories in academic journals and other publications, presenting their research findings at conferences and workshops, and teaching dance theory courses to dance students.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance practices by creating new dance works, teaching dance classes, and writing about new dance practices in academic journals and other publications.

Dance scholars can contribute to the development of new dance audiences by writing about dance in a way that is accessible to the general public, giving public lectures and presentations about dance, and working with dance organizations to develop audience development initiatives.