MDPE.12:4.2 - Direct Dance-observation Methods

Current sources offer different Methods: kinematic and directed-influence measures, researcher coding and classifier validation, experienced-improviser segmentation and rating, multimodal field inquiry, and participant checking. Each exposes different relations. None alone establishes audience recognition, cultural selection, or long-term transmission.

Choose from the claim. If the question concerns participant meaning or contested interpretation, a force trace is not a substitute for participant access and response.