'No house can be built without foundation' : A phenomenographic study around the making of Choreography in HipHop

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study was to investigate perceptions of Hip-Hop choreography and Hip-Hop choreography’s relation to freestyle. In order to accomplish that purpose, three dance artists were interviewed and a phenomenographical approach was used. From the result, the hope was to gain fresh insights and ideas for incorporating choreography in the teaching of Hip-Hop, and to explore various approaches for doing so. From the interviews with three dance artists, I found four categories which consist of different perceptions of choreography. The four categories were subjectivity, which could be perceived as freestyle, interaction which could be perceived as the relationship between performer and audience, physicality which could be perceived as more or less of a specific form and music which could be perceived as something inspirational. Intention behind what you do or public who is observing, was perceived as the influencer for freestyle to become choreography. The categories can define Hip-Hop choreography, yet those can also define choreography in dance overall. Physicality in specific form was perceived as one of the only categories that is directly connected to Hip-Hop choreography. Yet it does not disregard the importance of the three other concepts for the style Hip-Hop and so choreography.