ABSTRACT

The role of flow experience in a group creativity task, contemporary dance improvisation, was explored through qualitative content analysis. Our focus was upon the creative process itself, rather than upon creative outcomes. Six dancers took part in an improvisation workshop, reflecting on their creative practice and any associated flow. We conducted individual semi-structured interviews with all participants supported by a video-cued recall of experience from the workshop. We interpreted their responses using qualitative content analysis. Effortless attention and enjoyment were predominant themes that emerged from the dancers’ reports while describing the flow. When experienced in collaboration, the flow was described as ‘becoming one with the group’. Dancers commonly associated flow with a highly creative state where they tended to find surprising, very ‘organic and natural’ movement solutions. Moreover, flow and group settings facilitated creativity through maintaining a desired creative focus for longer, lowering self-judgment and inspiring novel solutions. While findings concerning movement may be specific to dance, others are more generic to the process of group creativity. Our results confirm previous findings that associated flow with a state in which the person feels simultaneously cognitively efficient, motivated, and happy, and that these states can be facilitated in groups characterised by trust.

摘要

通过定性内容分析，探讨了心流体验在集体创造力任务，即当代舞即兴创作中的作用。我们的重点是创作过程本身，而不是创作成果。六位舞者参加了一个即兴创作工作室，反思他们的创作实践和任何相关的流程。我们对所有参与者进行了个人半结构化访谈，并通过视频提示回忆了研讨会的经验。我们使用定性内容分析来解释他们的回答。毫不费力的关注和享受是舞者在描述流程时的报告中出现的主要主题。当有合作经验时，流程被描述为“与团队合而为一”。舞者通常将流动与高度创造性的状态联系起来，在这种状态下，他们倾向于找到令人惊讶的、非常“有机和自然”的运动解决方案。此外，流动和群体设置通过更长时间地保持理想的创意焦点、降低自我判断和激发新颖的解决方案来促进创造力。虽然有关运动的发现可能特定于舞蹈，但其他发现则更普遍地适用于集体创造力的过程。我们的结果证实了先前的发现，即流动与人同时感到认知高效、积极和快乐的状态相关联，并且这些状态可以在以信任为特征的群体中得到促进。降低自我判断力并激发新颖的解决方案。虽然有关运动的发现可能特定于舞蹈，但其他发现则更普遍地适用于集体创造力的过程。我们的结果证实了先前的发现，即流动与人同时感到认知高效、积极和快乐的状态相关联，并且这些状态可以在以信任为特征的群体中得到促进。降低自我判断力并激发新颖的解决方案。虽然有关运动的发现可能特定于舞蹈，但其他发现则更普遍地适用于集体创造力的过程。我们的结果证实了先前的发现，即流动与人同时感到认知高效、积极和快乐的状态相关联，并且这些状态可以在以信任为特征的群体中得到促进。