Multiple case studies were used to gain insight across dance institutions within and between England and Greece. These totalled six: three in England and three in Greece (coding system: G1–3 for Greece and E1–3 for England), with in-depth research periods of two weeks per site, providing some consistency and breadth as well as depth of insights into similarities and differences within and across countries. Methods included observations from classes by utilising field notes, personal memos and interviews from nine students in England and nine in Greece. The field research involved two-week block residencies in each of the six institutions. Each case study was arranged after access permission and detailed discussions with the course leaders. The variety of the modules that were chosen for observation, the levels of study and the time spent every day of the two weeks in each institution depended on the course leaders’ personal permission. Nevertheless, the course leaders’ choices did not hinder the research as the time spent was equal in each institution and the observations included all the modules within the courses’ structure, theoretical and practical.
In order to collect data, interviews, observations and open-ended questionnaires were used (Figure 1, 2.3 and 3.2). All research methods were used to collect data on key aspects of the sections of the theoretical model, such as process and product variables: