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A moving research method: two examples from screendance

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Abstract

This short intervention reflects on Jacob and Macdonald’s collaborative, practice-based research methodology at the intersection of dance and law. Building on earlier work that identified the limitations of language in capturing the physical and affective movement of legal processes, the authors articulate a ‘moving’ research method grounded in screendance. Drawing on two early works—Walk (redaction) (2016) and Singing in the rain (Fraudulent) (2016)—the article examines how choreographic and filmic practices can offer alternative ways of engaging with legal concepts and experiences. Through these examples, the authors foreground two central concerns: how time gets folded into the relationship between dance and law, and the question of whether and how we can rely on the body.

Keywords: screendance, redaction, body, time, deception

How to Cite: Macdonald, A. & Jacob, M. A. (2026) “A moving research method: two examples from screendance”, Law Text Culture. 29(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14453/ltc.1862