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Portraying Silence- A Thesis Production Analysis Reflecting The Oppression On Chinese Women And Beyond, Yuexing Sun
Portraying Silence- A Thesis Production Analysis Reflecting The Oppression On Chinese Women And Beyond, Yuexing Sun
Theatre Thesis - Written Thesis
The thesis paper mainly discusses the author's creative process of her thesis production- The Epic of A Woman, which collages the experiences of being Chinese women that the author has embodied with those that she witnessed. In analyzing the backstories behind the script and the aspects of design, the paper centers on unfold the approaches that the author used to portray how Chinese women became silent or consistently being silenced by a patriarchal society. Additionally, using silence as an active tool on the stage, the paper also underlines the importance of documenting and portraying silence that should not only …
If I Can't Dance To It, It Isn't My Revolution: The Intersection Of Feminist Theory & Dance/Movement Therapy, Paige Kliewer-Mcclellan
If I Can't Dance To It, It Isn't My Revolution: The Intersection Of Feminist Theory & Dance/Movement Therapy, Paige Kliewer-Mcclellan
Dance/Movement Therapy Theses
Feminism is a social, cultural, and political movement and set of theories which highlight the impact of gender inequality in order to push for equal rights in all spheres. Dance/movement therapy is a method of psychotherapy which utilizes movement rather than verbal language to identify and process emotional material, centering the lived, embodied experience of the client. Both dance/movement therapy as a practice and profession and feminism as a movement and ideology have faced difficulties in being recognized as legitimate, worthwhile areas of focus, and they have also faced similar challenges in embracing diversity and inclusion. The ideological similarities between …