Concision is about more than writing like Hemingway or following Strunk & White’s edict to eliminate unnecessary words. Instead, concision relies on writers recognizing the myriad redundancies in English, a reflection of its evolution from the collision of Latin, French, and Old English in the decades following the Norman Conquest. Moreover, redundancies also litter English in the form of redundant modifiers, throat-clearing, and metadiscourse. By recognizing these words and phrases, writers can quickly pare sentences to their essentials, without fretting over the havoc deletions can wreak on the meaning of their sentences.

Scholarship in the arts may take several forms depending on the artistic discipline. From theatrical productions, to art exhibits, to dance performances, the culmination of the work of the art form is presented in various ways. One option that crosses all art forms is arts-based research (ABR). The incorporation of ABR can be an important scholarly approach for all art forms. The implementation of ABR with undergraduate students may take several forms, including capstone courses, senior thesis projects, or undergraduate research summer scholars’ programs. The purpose of this chapter is to provide examples and strategies for making arts-based research a viable opportunity for undergraduate students in the arts disciplines. Many of the examples in the chapter are based on my work in dance in the United States, but ABR includes all art forms and all nations.