I decided to use the format of a semi-structured interview. This meant that the interviewee had chance to expand on her answers to the questions in a way that wasn't possible when using a questionnaire. Many questions were the same as the questionnaire but the fact I had the interviewee had the opportunity to tell me more meant that I got a more explanatory response. I think I would have to aim to do at least 10 interviews during my inquiry in order for my results to be accurate. It would be good to get interviews from people at different stages of their careers and from both males and females because it will be interesting to see how these aspects affect the answers I get. I would also like to be able to interview somebody who worked professionally at least 10 years ago to see how things may have changed, or may not have changed. My focus has shifted slightly as I have been working through my pilot research methods from it being about pressures while training and teachers influence to health of dancers both in training and while working. I have just taken a job working in a show in Portugal. I am working for a company I have never worked for before and I only know one of the dancers in cast and it is apparent that the issues I have been discussing are extremely visible here. I have told all the people I am working with about the research I am doing and they have all agreed that I can use them for pilot research.
**After looking back over the course reader, I realised my interview was too short. The idea is that I need to expand on my questionnaire and I felt that I could have asked more questions to make this happen. In my final inquiry I will add a lot more questions to my interview/make it so that the interviewee can expand more on their answers by asking more followup questions depending on what they say.
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