Interview w/ Dr.Ortiz
Transcribed interview with Dr. Joseph Ortiz 18 July 2006
Michelle: Okay, so, first question of the interview is...
Dr. Ortiz: Okay
Michelle: How would you define communication?
Dr. Ortiz: Uh, communication can be defined as a process by which two or more people are, um, exchanging messages with the goal of sharing meaning.
Michelle: Okay, and do you think there’s a difference, oh, what is the difference between expression and communication?
Dr. Ortiz: I think expression can assume a lot of different forms and a lot of different medium, um, and it is, um, basically an artist’s or person’s efforts to convey some kind of idea or feeling or, um, message to, um, a receiver or audience of some sort.
Michelle: Would you say that expression is a type of communication?
Dr. Ortiz: It is, broadly speaking, yes. Yes it is a type of communication.
Michelle: And do you think that dance is a form of communication?
Dr. Ortiz: I think that dance is. It’s a form again broadly speaking of a communication in a sense that it is a choreographer or a dancer’s effort to convey some kind of meaning to an audience or observers so certainly yes.
Michelle: As far as like in social dancing when people are dancing out socially, would you say that there is non-verbal communication taking place?
Dr Ortiz: Oh absolutely there is, and you know that’s really my area is interpersonal communication and in terms of social dance the connection between the two dancers is without a doubt a form of communication in the sense that I defined it initially and most of that is through the contact they have with one another, their ability to coordinate their efforts or not coordinate their efforts, the feeling that get generated between the two individuals, um, you know, depending on their relationship the kind of talk that transpires during the dance itself so certainly I would view it as a form of even interpersonal relation, there’s different types of communication and certainly social dance would to me at least fall into the realm of interpersonal communication.
Michelle: Okay. And as far as like you know some cultures dance or even dance companies like Alvin Ailey dance company a lot of time they have dances or performances that are relating to something in history and trying, you know, to express something that comes from history to pass on…would you say that’s an effective communication?
Dr Ortiz: It is. Yes it’s a form of story telling. In the discipline of communication there is an area known as story telling. You know one of the experts that had been identified for you Linda Hicks that’s one of her areas is story telling and as you indicate, we’ve got a lot of different examples in various cultures of how dance is used to tell stories and to preserve history and to transmit culture and cultural teachings.
Michelle: Okay, is there anything else like anything that comes to your mind as far as dance as communication?
Dr Ortiz: I think what you are grappling with are the levels and types of communication from looking at dance as performance art which is a form of communication to looking at dance as a way of interpersonally bonding with another individual so you know you got on one end this sort of public act that may be culturally specific and form of story and then you’ve got at the other end this sort of one on one connection with one other person that may have absolutely no meaning whatsoever to people watching it.
Michelle: And what about communication…is there a way to define communication with yourself? Does that fall under
Dr. Ortiz: There is…in the area of communication there is what’s known as intra-personal communication so it’s the communication within yourself and the way in which we talk to our self, the way in which we think about our self, self esteem for example would fall in there and so certainly it is an area of communication.
Michelle: Okay. Well, thank you for your time. It was very valuable information.
Dr Ortiz: Your welcome. Good luck with your paper.
Michelle: Okay, so, first question of the interview is...
Dr. Ortiz: Okay
Michelle: How would you define communication?
Dr. Ortiz: Uh, communication can be defined as a process by which two or more people are, um, exchanging messages with the goal of sharing meaning.
Michelle: Okay, and do you think there’s a difference, oh, what is the difference between expression and communication?
Dr. Ortiz: I think expression can assume a lot of different forms and a lot of different medium, um, and it is, um, basically an artist’s or person’s efforts to convey some kind of idea or feeling or, um, message to, um, a receiver or audience of some sort.
Michelle: Would you say that expression is a type of communication?
Dr. Ortiz: It is, broadly speaking, yes. Yes it is a type of communication.
Michelle: And do you think that dance is a form of communication?
Dr. Ortiz: I think that dance is. It’s a form again broadly speaking of a communication in a sense that it is a choreographer or a dancer’s effort to convey some kind of meaning to an audience or observers so certainly yes.
Michelle: As far as like in social dancing when people are dancing out socially, would you say that there is non-verbal communication taking place?
Dr Ortiz: Oh absolutely there is, and you know that’s really my area is interpersonal communication and in terms of social dance the connection between the two dancers is without a doubt a form of communication in the sense that I defined it initially and most of that is through the contact they have with one another, their ability to coordinate their efforts or not coordinate their efforts, the feeling that get generated between the two individuals, um, you know, depending on their relationship the kind of talk that transpires during the dance itself so certainly I would view it as a form of even interpersonal relation, there’s different types of communication and certainly social dance would to me at least fall into the realm of interpersonal communication.
Michelle: Okay. And as far as like you know some cultures dance or even dance companies like Alvin Ailey dance company a lot of time they have dances or performances that are relating to something in history and trying, you know, to express something that comes from history to pass on…would you say that’s an effective communication?
Dr Ortiz: It is. Yes it’s a form of story telling. In the discipline of communication there is an area known as story telling. You know one of the experts that had been identified for you Linda Hicks that’s one of her areas is story telling and as you indicate, we’ve got a lot of different examples in various cultures of how dance is used to tell stories and to preserve history and to transmit culture and cultural teachings.
Michelle: Okay, is there anything else like anything that comes to your mind as far as dance as communication?
Dr Ortiz: I think what you are grappling with are the levels and types of communication from looking at dance as performance art which is a form of communication to looking at dance as a way of interpersonally bonding with another individual so you know you got on one end this sort of public act that may be culturally specific and form of story and then you’ve got at the other end this sort of one on one connection with one other person that may have absolutely no meaning whatsoever to people watching it.
Michelle: And what about communication…is there a way to define communication with yourself? Does that fall under
Dr. Ortiz: There is…in the area of communication there is what’s known as intra-personal communication so it’s the communication within yourself and the way in which we talk to our self, the way in which we think about our self, self esteem for example would fall in there and so certainly it is an area of communication.
Michelle: Okay. Well, thank you for your time. It was very valuable information.
Dr Ortiz: Your welcome. Good luck with your paper.
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