Greyson, John R.2019-07-022019-07-022019-05-132019-07-02http://hdl.handle.net/10315/36354End of the Rope is a sci-fi drama about an injured dancer's journey towards self-empowerment. After being crippled by a car accident, a former dancer enters a power struggle with an exploitative scientist who promises her creative freedom in an altered reality with his invention. End of the Rope contributes to debates on issues of power, control, sexual abuse in virtual reality, and the use of immersive technology in creativity and existentialist psychology.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.NeurosciencesElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2019-07-02short filmfilmdancedramafuturistic dramasci-fi filmsscience fictioncreativitydesiresexual harassmentdisabilityvirtual realityartificial intelligenceVRAIfuture technologiesmachinemind control filmsneurosciencepower issuespower controlscience fiction filmsself empowermentthe women's filmuse of technology in creativity and artscience and knowledge#MeToo#TimesUp#DancersToo