Roots: An exploration of British Caribbean Diasporic identity through the embodied spatialities of dance

Abstract

This piece introduces the author's doctoral research, “Roots: establishing British Caribbean Diasporic identity through dance.” The research identifies how choreographic and movement practices function to establish and affirm British Caribbean Diasporic identities, focusing on how this occurs within two generations of British Caribbean Diasporic artists who have been creating and performing work since the 1970s to 2019. In this introduction, the author details her entrance into the research, the methods and approaches used, and one of the key theoretical concepts of the research: practices of rooting.