Talk:Social choreography

Significant edition (with COI)

I have submitted this article for consideration by Wikipedia. I am a researcher at the Laboratory for Social Choreography at Duke University and was aided in this research and writing by members of the Lab. I nonetheless believe that the caliber of these sources and social choreography's recognition by widely respected institutions such as Duke University Press, CUNY Graduate Center, the Benaki Museum in Athens, and numerous peer-reviewed publications justifies the addition of this material onto Wikipedia. Astrecker12291 (talk) 09:25, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Some feedback

Thanks for having another go at Social choreogaphy (which I’ve just noticed has a typo in the article title). It contains a lot of interesting information but you’ll see I’ve tagged it as resembling an essay. Maybe it would help to wikilink some of the names you list, for example Michael Kliën, dramaturg Steve Valk, writer Jeffrey Gormly, and collaborators, Bojana Cvejić, Ana Vujanović, Gabriele Klein, Randy Martin would help, and making the lists shorter, and briefly explaining what each of them contributed. It would also be better to describe projects more neutrally, for example what does “best documented” mean in “Among the best documented works produced by the practice-based lineage of social choreography…”? You’ll also see that I’ve tagged it for possible AI/LLM text being included. The edits where you’ve replaced “associated with” with alternative phrases is a hint that some of the original text was machine-generated but please remove the tag if it’s not relevant. Thanks and best wishes for your Social Choreography project. --Northernhenge (talk) 17:35, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello! Thank you for the very helpful feedback (and encouragement :)

First of all, I addressed the typo in the title by "moving" the page. That was a good start! :D

I've tried to address the aspects that made it resemble an essay by shortening the sentences and simplifying the language to a more neutral tone. If there are still specific areas that need more attention, I am happy to follow up.

I've wiki-linked as many names as I could, though unfortunately several key figures such as Andrew Hewitt, Steve Valk, Bojana Cvejić, and Ana Vujanović are not on Wikipedia. But people like Klien, Klein, and Martin have all been linked now.

I addressed the "best documented" claim (which is vague, I agree), to a more factual-"most frequently produced." The fact that the work has been held at major museums and cultural institutions in 3 cities-New York, Durham, NC, and Athens-and was also the subject of a book-length study makes it a "major work" I think. But if there's a different way of characterizing it, I am open to suggestions.

Finally, I did not use AI/LLM to produce this text. I did put together pieces of text from different contributors, but I think the redundancy in language is more a product of some of the other writers being non-native English speakers, which is why I tried to vary the language.

Thank you again for your help! Astrecker12291 (talk) 08:43, 16 May 2026 (UTC)