Artistic research has been defined by the School of Dance and Circus (Dans och Cirkushögskolan, DOCH), Stockholm in the following manner – "Artistic research is to investigate and test with the purpose of gaining knowledge within and for our artistic disciplines.
Panyelehan sané artistik sampun katetepang olih Sekolah Tari miwah Sirkus (Dans och Cirkushögskolan, DOCH), Stockholm sekadi puniki – "panyelehan artistik inggih punika nyelehin miwah nguji sané matatujon mikolihang kawruhan ring tengahing miwah paplajahan seni iraga.