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Moving And Grooving: A Nine-Week Curriculum Of Beginning Modern Dance Theory And Technique For The Intermediate Dancer In Secondary Education, Katherine Brooke Jerome
Moving And Grooving: A Nine-Week Curriculum Of Beginning Modern Dance Theory And Technique For The Intermediate Dancer In Secondary Education, Katherine Brooke Jerome
Honors Theses
The learning of modern dance theory and technique is one of the most certain practices to ensure high school dance students are meeting college and career readiness standards. This study focuses on crafting a nine-week curriculum that introduces secondary dance students at the intermediate level to modern dance technique and theory. The aim of this study is to create a curriculum that not only makes certain that standards for creating, performing, responding, and connecting are being met and exceeded, but provides a guide in planning, instruction, and assessment to foster motivation in intermediate-level students as they delve into a new …
Books And Bodies: A Collaborative Process Between Dance And Literature, Sarah Dexter Givens
Books And Bodies: A Collaborative Process Between Dance And Literature, Sarah Dexter Givens
Honors Theses
This senior choreographic project, Reading Response #6, was created and performed in the fall of 2016 in collaboration with five dancers, one apprentice, and the choreographer. The project was a collaboration of dance with literature by Emily Dickinson, Leo Tolstoy, Richard Wilbur, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, and Walt Whitman. The final product was performed in the Studio 115 Dance Concert in the University of Southern Mississippi’s Theatre and Dance Building in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. This paper investigates the relationship between dance and literature and explores methods of integration between the two art forms.
Bridging The Gap: Making Modern Dance Accessible To The General Public Through Elements Of Art And Entertainment, Samantha S. Russell
Bridging The Gap: Making Modern Dance Accessible To The General Public Through Elements Of Art And Entertainment, Samantha S. Russell
Honors Theses
My senior choreographic project, DoRaMiFaSoDoSiDo, was inspired by and dedicated to the relationships I share with my six siblings. It was set to the song "Attaboy" off of the collaborative album The Goat Rodeo Sessions by Chris Thile, Yo-Yo Ma, Stuart Duncan, and Edgar Meyer. Influenced by the bright and fun atmosphere of barn dances, this seven-person concert dance was performed in the Repertory Dance Company Fall Dance Concert at the Mannoni Performing Arts Center in Hattiesburg, MS in the fall of 2015. This paper investigates different choreographic methods that I discovered through the process of creating my senior project …
From Marilyn Monroe To Cindy Crawford: A Historical Analysis Of Women’S Body Image Depicted In Popular Magazines From 1952 To 1995, Jayme S. Nobles
From Marilyn Monroe To Cindy Crawford: A Historical Analysis Of Women’S Body Image Depicted In Popular Magazines From 1952 To 1995, Jayme S. Nobles
Honors Theses
For this study, the researcher viewed advertisements in popular magazines from 1952 to 1995 that focus on women’s body image. The sample consisted of advertisements found in Life and Cosmopolitan magazines. Instead of observing every issue throughout the forty-three year period, the researcher chose a few issues from each magazine every five years. 180 advertisements were viewed in this study. The researcher observed three different elements found in the advertisements: the product being sold, the appeals of sexuality, if any, in the ads, and the appearance of the advertisements’ models. This research attempted to prove that over the course of …