caa a22 4500 605497699 CHVBK 20210128100542.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10465-015-9203-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10465-015-9203-z Thomas Etalia Naropa University, Boulder, CO, USA aut The Dance of Cultural Identity: Exploring Race and Gender with Adolescent Girls [Elektronische Daten] [Etalia Thomas] This article examines the use of embodied narrative, a movement-based interpretation of narrative identity theory, with adolescent participants to create a performance piece centered on the question: What does it mean to be a girl in the twenty-first century? The three reasons for using dance in this project were: (a) to facilitate understanding of one's identity through movement as narrative; (b) to gather and analyze qualitative data through the vehicle of movement; and (c) to disseminate the findings of the project in an informative and easily accessed performance format. Community-based-participatory-research (CBPR) was the method used to gather and analyze data. The results echoed the tenets of third wave feminism, demonstrating an era of "girl power,” choice, and gender equality. Although it is not without flaws and limitations, CBPR facilitates the use of research as a method for improving community structures by employing community members as active participants who are involved in most, if not all, of the research process. Participants were included in the process of gathering and analyzing data, the creation of the performance, and the dissection of performance impact on audience. American Dance Therapy Association, 2015 Adolescents nationallicence Choreography nationallicence Community-based participatory research nationallicence Dance/movement therapy nationallicence Female identity nationallicence Gender nationallicence Race nationallicence American Journal of Dance Therapy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2015-12-01), 176-196 0146-3721 37:2<176 2015 37 10465 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-015-9203-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-015-9203-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Thomas Etalia Naropa University, Boulder, CO, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- American Journal of Dance Therapy Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2015-12-01), 176-196 0146-3721 37:2<176 2015 37 10465