EXPLORING DESIGN THINKING IN PROFESSIONAL DANCE EDUCATION
INTELLECTUAL GRAFFITI FOR THE CURIOUS MINDSET Design Thinking is used for creating businesses, but also as a brainstorm & developing scenery to innovate existing organizations. The origin of this method can be found in the world of design, the design processes to be exact. Nowadays this method is proposed as an 'out of the box' way to create all kinds of visions into concrete innovative solutions, constructed with visual designed art & basic symbolics. I am used to working with different analyzing models, body practices, body-mind perspectives, communication strategies, mindmapping & dialogue forms from my dramaturgy background: So it felt like a natural next step to take. I took a Masterclass at Knowmads in Amsterdam in order to prepare for a 3-year European research project on transferable skills of the dance artist. Research towards the future of dance education and changing career perspectives of artists. Eventually this led to a study program for bot