Journal article
Love, sacrifice, and rebirth: exploring the embodied narratives of retired women ballet dancers using life history interviews and body mapping
Abstract
Adopting a narrative constructionist lens, we conducted life history interviews and arts-based body mapping sessions with five retired women ballet dancers to examine how they storied their embodied experiences, both verbally and artistically. We constructed two narrative themes using narrative thematic and holistic-form structural analyses. (Embodied) Devotion: Love and Sacrifice explores the tensions between participants’ love for the …
Authors
Thompson RSI; Bennett EV; Griffin M; Norman ME
Journal
Qualitative Research in Sport Exercise and Health, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 590–607
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
November 2, 2025
DOI
10.1080/2159676x.2025.2578338
ISSN
2159-676X