Voices from the field cultural capital transformation issues for dance practitioners

Data Collection
Dance practitioners are a group in urgent need of attention. Reviewing the literature, there are problems in the professional status of dance practitioners. These include low and unstable financial income, limited professional development, multiple pressures and role conflicts faced by practitioners, social class and social acceptance, and the wider impact on the discipline of dance. As the core group that promotes the development of the professional field of dance, the contribution and return of dance practitioners do not match, which will largely frustrate the career expectations and sense of achievement of dance practitioners, leading to job burnout. This will not only lead to the loss of talent within the industry, but also affect the current and future development of the professional field of dance. Through induction, this study conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 qualified dance practitioners in Chinese universities, compared the cultural capital accumulat..., Data Collection
The teacher interviews were focused on June to July 2024. A semi-structured interview was conducted with each participant in a library discussion room at the University of Edinburgh, UK. Due to geographic and temporal differences, all interviews were conducted online through Teams, and the timing of the interviews was random, referencing the time of the participants. Each interview lasts 45 to 60 minutes. In order to make the interview more smooth, each participant has access to interview questions in advance. Before each participant was interviewed, during the interview, there were videotaped video recordings and audio interview scripts, and the key points emphasized by the interviewer to the participant were marked and recorded. The semi-structured interviews in this study include four themes: (1) cultural capital accumulation; (2) The transformation of cultural capital into economic and social capital; (3) Challenges faced and coping strategies; (4) Reasons and prospe..., , # Voices from the field cultural capital transformation issues for dance practitioners

[https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8cz8w9h21](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8cz8w9h21)

### Semi-structured interview analysis data：Open Source data

I have submitted the Thematic Analysis encodes level 3-4 analysis data（Thematic_analysis-_Code3-4.zip）.

### **Description：**

File name: Thematic_analysis-_Code3-4.zip data 

**1.Overview of data set**

This dataset mainly focuses on the investment status of dance practitioners in the early stage of cultural capital accumulation, the transformation status from cultural capital to economic capital and social capital, as well as the current obstacles and challenges. The dataset was presented as an Excel table containing multiple study questions and corresponding participant responses.

**2. Data structure and content**

2.1 Research Questions:

• How well do dance practitioners invest in the early stages of cultural capital accumulation?

• How can dance pra...