Physical States of Embodiment and their Impact on the Performer

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dc.contributor.advisorSmall, Holly
dc.creatorCalam, Valerie Sue
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T14:43:22Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T14:43:22Z
dc.date.copyright2014-04-10
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T14:43:22Z
dc.degree.disciplineDance
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis research, dance artist Valerie Calam highlights the goals, creative processes, and results of three choreographic case studies, Gotta Go Church, All My Colours, and Dull Roar. In the three projects, Calam investigates the theme of embodiment in creation and performance of dance using a choreographic method she devised called states of the body. This method draws on postmodern contemporary choreographic devices such as Skinner Releasing Technique as well as the ancient somatic practice Qigong. This research reveals that by focussing on connection, a deeper physical awareness manifests and the performer will experience embodiment, the place where the body is leading, not the mind. Through this method, the performers are working on something as opposed to demonstrating something, and this change in approach exposes concepts and narratives within the choreography, and fuels the performer’s transformation.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29849
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectDance
dc.subjectPerforming arts
dc.subject.keywordsDance
dc.subject.keywordsChoreography
dc.subject.keywordsCreative process
dc.subject.keywordsPerformance
dc.subject.keywordsCalam
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodiment
dc.subject.keywordsContemporary
dc.titlePhysical States of Embodiment and their Impact on the Performer
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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