Choreographic Research Combining Contact Improvisation and the Alexander Technique: Somatic, Practice-Based-Research, and Ethnographic Inquiry

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dc.contributor.advisorAlcedo, Russ Patrick
dc.creatorLiska, Suzanne Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T13:55:11Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T13:55:11Z
dc.date.copyright2017-04-12
dc.date.issued2017-07-27
dc.date.updated2017-07-27T13:55:11Z
dc.degree.disciplineDance
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractSomatic practices, practice-based-research (PBR) and ethnography contextualize this choreographic research that moves from the studio/stage to the desk. My project investigates how integrating the Alexander Technique (AT) and Contact Improvisation (CI) principles, combined with theoretical studies in PBR and ethnography expand psychophysical coordination for dancers, teachers, researchers and choreographers. I primarily ask: What theoretical and methodological principles guide my dance research in order to move beyond teaching dance technique or choreographing a piece? To address my inquiries, I choreographed, danced and taught with dance artists from Canada, Japan, Europe, and the USA. The culmination of my research offers a new dance methodology to facilitate the multiple internal/external awareness necessary for an embodied choreographic process.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33603
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectPerforming arts education
dc.subject.keywordsDance
dc.subject.keywordsContact Improvisation
dc.subject.keywordsAlexander Technique
dc.subject.keywordsPerformance
dc.subject.keywordsChoreography
dc.subject.keywordsImprovisation
dc.subject.keywordsSomatics
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodied thought
dc.subject.keywordsPsychophysical
dc.subject.keywordsPractice-Based-Research
dc.subject.keywordsEthnography
dc.titleChoreographic Research Combining Contact Improvisation and the Alexander Technique: Somatic, Practice-Based-Research, and Ethnographic Inquiry
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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