Embodying Kinaesthetic Stimulants in a Technological World, A Kinaesthetic Exploration of Western Technology's Affect on the Body

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dc.contributor.advisorMacWood, William
dc.creatorMcClelland, Michelle Darlene Grace
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-18T15:22:49Z
dc.date.available2014-07-18T15:22:49Z
dc.date.copyright2014-04-16
dc.date.issued2014-07-09
dc.date.updated2014-07-09T17:16:49Z
dc.degree.disciplineDance
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses the potential kinaesthetic influences technology has on the body and how these influences can be used to extract original choreography. Based on Gretchen Schiller’s assertions that the body’s interactions with technology “contribute to the range of one’s movement repertoire and kinaesthetic condition” (Schiller 109), this research purports that the body’s interactions with transportation technology (specifically trains, subways, and automobiles), hand-held technology (cell phones, video games, and electronic children’s toys), online networking, and the television, affect its kinaesthetic condition. This is achieved through the body’s experience of new shapes, tensions, and weight-holding patterns. The individual experiences of urban Western bodies are specifically researched, particularly those in Toronto, Canada. Through site-specific movement explorations, this thesis argues that a heightened kinaesthetic awareness allows a choreographer to extract technological qualities and create original choreography. This process will, in turn, widen the choreographer’s awareness to other kinaesthetic movement inspirations.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/27681
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectDanceen_US
dc.subjectPerforming artsen_US
dc.subjectSocial researchen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTelevisionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsDanceen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTechnologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsKinaestheticen_US
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodimenten_US
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Mediaen_US
dc.subject.keywordsInteractionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsMovement Explorationen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSchilleren_US
dc.subject.keywordsHalprinen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAlexander Techniqueen_US
dc.subject.keywordsAuthentic Movementen_US
dc.subject.keywordsSubwayen_US
dc.subject.keywordsTrainen_US
dc.subject.keywordsCaren_US
dc.subject.keywordsVideo Gamesen_US
dc.titleEmbodying Kinaesthetic Stimulants in a Technological World, A Kinaesthetic Exploration of Western Technology's Affect on the Bodyen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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