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Devising Performance & Queer Futurity, Brendan F. Leonard

Honors Theses

This project argues that devising performance is an inherently queer and utopian form. In response to recent political movements, such as Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter, which seek to stage dissatisfaction with the systems of late capitalism, I turn to devising performance as a site. Informed by the queer and performance theories of Jose Esteban Munoz, Lee Edelman, and Jill Dolan, I argue that devised theater allows us to process disillusionment, rehearse collectivity, and stage futurity. In conversation with Munoz, I define futurity as an imaginative site that considers what will follow what some scholars suggest will be …

Contact Improvisation: Concepts Of Physics Transformed Into Art, Gianna F. Todisco

Dance Department Best Student Papers

No abstract provided.

The Synergists: An Exploration Of Choreography, Media, And Science, Christine Howe

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Christine Howe

Major: BFA in Dance

Project Sponsor: Cydney Spohn Number of credits: 2

The Synergists: An Exploration of Choreography, Media, and Science

Abstract

This research project combined choreography, media, and science as a means to explore creative process. For this project, I created my own interpretation of mixing dance and multimedia elements through the use of video projection. I questioned how the use of video projection would affect my choreographic process and how the video and live performance would support each other to portray a cohesive idea. The scientific source of inspiration included neuron structure and synaptic function. Through …

Aquell Estiu Del 66. L'Actuació De Merce Cunnigham A Sitges, Ara Fa 50 Anys, Antoni Pizà

Publications and Research

El desembarcament a Sitges de la MCDC ara fa cinquanta anys exactes, es considera un punt crucial en la cultura catalana i espanyola tant en art com en música. Carles Santos ha titllat aquella actuació de «traumàtica» pel que va suposar per a la música espanyola. I a més a més, molts estudis erudits recents sobre l’art conceptual, la música electrònica i la dansa experimental consideren l’actuació a Sitges com un dels inicis de tots aquests moviments a l’estat espanyol. Al final, Clive Barnes va acabar per tenir raó: al Departament d’Estat l’havia subvencionat un pintor europeu, almenys la gira …

Choreographing Intimacy: The Making Of ‘[They] Slipped Briskly Into An Intimacy From Which They Never Recovered’ – A Dance Film, Antonio Rinaldi

Theses : Honours

In this investigation, I have utilised a practice-led research methodology to capture ‘intimacy’ in film, specifically, the medium of dance film. The exegetical work is divided into the written research with an accompanied dance film component; however they should be viewed as an integrated thesis. The aim of my research was to develop my choreographic practice through a film that is a sensory and evocative exploration of intimacy. I argue that the film components of dance film (directing, cinematography, editing and the like) uniquely capture an intangability of dance and the complexities of human intimacy in a manner that is …

Comparison Of Body Composition, Neuromuscular Characteristics And Anaerobic Endurance Between Novice, Semi-Professional And Professional Ballet Dancers, Penelope Blanco Ochoa

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Study 1 Comparison of body composition, neuromuscular characteristics and anaerobic endurance between novice, semi-professional and professional ballet dancers.
/="/"> The purpose of this study was to compare selected physiological fitness parameters including: body composition, neuromuscular characteristics and aerobic endurance were significantly different between novice, semi-professional and professional ballet dancers. The secondary purpose was to establish which parameters were best discriminators between these dancers. Thirty-five classical ballet dancers (male: n =11 and female: n =24) divided into three different groups according to their dance skill level: novice (n=12) (age: 16.6 ± 1.5 y; height: 1.7 ± 0.1 m; weight: 58.0 ± …

Geisha On Fire, Beimeng Fu

Capstones

Masae Satouchi is not an average Japanese woman. When she lived in Shiga Prefecture, a country town an hour away from Kyoto, her ex-boyfriends were uncomfortable with her eccentricity. She liked to wear colorful clothes, they didn’t. “I was too colorful to live in Japan,” she says. Japan is, of course, a modern, industrialized nation. The society, however, is famously conservative and does not allow for much unique self-expression. The situation is particularly difficult for Japanese women. Japan ranks 105 out of 136 in global gender gap index. Most women their quit jobs after having their first child.

Backwards In High Heels: Examining The Careers And Artistic Contributions Of Fred Astaire’S Female Dance Partners, Fiona Mowbray

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This project examines the careers and contributions of three of Fred Astaire’s female dancing partners during the golden age of movie musicals: Ginger Rogers, Vera-Ellen, and Cyd Charisse. These women receive less recognition than their male co-star, due in part to the political and social environment from the 1930s to the 1950s in America, sexism and competition within Hollywood, and personal obstacles. Rogers, Vera-Ellen, and Charisse are all important as individual performers as well as for the part they played in enhancing Astaire’s legacy. My goal is to bring these women back into the musical theatre narrative in a compact …

Horizon, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2015-2016 Art Between Real and Imagined

Horizon is a new work for seven dancers centered around the idea of density. In this piece I endeavored to add as much as possible to the space in terms of dancers and movement. With multiple phrases occurring simultaneously, the dance takes the form of a constantly shifting universe full of activity. glacier, my preceding work was an exercise of stripping away in an effort to reduce movement to its least possible form. Working again with collaborators Michael Schumacher and set and lighting designer Robert Wierzel, we’ve done something different. Michael’s multiple rhythms and use of a live percussionist propel …

An Arts Therapy Case Study: The Vision, Progress, Impact, And Plan Of Canada’S First National Centre For Dance Therapy, Abigail Jane Axelrod

Graduate Theses

Since it’s founding in 1957, the ballet company, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal (LGBCM, Les Grands Ballets), has stretched the reputation of classical dance. Within its first year, the dance company was listed as a “top-rank cultural institution, actively involved in the presentation and promotion of dance in all its forms” (Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal “National Centre for Dance Therapy”). To continue its legacy, the Executive Director of LGBCM began collaborating with LGBCM’s Director of Development of Affairs, to establish the National Centre for Dance Therapy (NCDT, the Centre). Both directors updated Les Grands Ballets’ original …

Pc Dance Club Fall Semester Show Playbill, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

PC Dance Club Fall Semester Show

November 22 & 23, 2015

Choreographers: Katrina Pavao, Aubrey Legasse, Elissa Stagliano, Christine Dragan, Ariel Cormier, Lea Knizek, Kristen Landry, Becca Snyder, Pauline DiAgostino, Maddie Boffi, Mikaila Christopher, Caitlin Conlon, Delia Egaan, Michelle Desjardins, Krista Sevigny

Dancers: Madeline Boffi, Mikaila Christopher, Caitlin Conlon, Ariel Cormier, Michelle Desjardins, Pauline DiAgostino, Christine Dragan, Delia Egan, Lea Knizek, Kristen Landry, Katrina Pavao, Krista Sevigny, Becca Snyder, Elissa Stagliano, Cheyenne Bennett, Kate Burnett, Ysabelle Errico, Kaitlyn Geraghty, Shelly Grasso, Aubrey Legasse, Joanna McDonough, Monica Morenz, Amanda Piechota, Alexa Spina, …

Blackfriars Dance Concert 2015 Playbill, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre, Smith Center for the Arts

Blackfriars Dance Concert 2015

November 20 & 21

Friday 8pm, Saturday 2pm

Director: Wendy Oliver

Choreographers: Danielle Davidson, William “Bill” Evans, Heidi Henderson, Betsy Miller, Wendy Oliver, Eva Marie Pacheco

Lighting Designer: G. Ben Swope

Dancers: Audrey Butler, Abigail Garrahan, Monica Houghton, Emma Lederer, Natalie Phelps, Christina Potts, Megan Wheeler, Lela Biggus, Celia Butler, Emma Flanagan, Meghan Frazier, Devan Guanci, Baylee Peters, Claudia Seguin, Carly Furbush, Abigail Garrahan, Catherine Garrett, Laura Angley, Maria Costa, Isabella Goldstein, Abby Raser, Shura Barishnikov, Danielle Davidson …

Blackfriars Dance Concert 2015 Poster, Providence College, Haley Grant

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance, & Film

Angell Blackfriars Theatre

Blackfriars Dance Concert 2015

November 20 & 21

Friday 8pm, Saturday 2pm

Poster Design: Haley Grant

Blackfriars Dance Concert Box Office Sign Up Sheet, Providence College

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Dance Concert box office sign up sheet

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Famously Yours...Forever, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2015-2016 Season

What if there was a refuge that kept out the darkness and provided companionship with a few kindred souls; a place suspended and exclusive for as long as time goes by?

The Marriage Of Figaro

Taylor Theatre Playbills

Taylor Theatre presents an original translation of Mozart's comic-opera, "The Marriage of Figaro."

Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" whisks us through the events of one crazy day as Figaro, the Lord's valet, tries to wed Susanna, the Lady's maid, before their philandering master can get to her first. Filled with Mozart's glorious music, The Marriage of Figaro is widely regarded to be one of the greatest comic operas ever written. Our production will see its plot of intrigue, mistaken identities, and unexpected revelations unravel in early 20th Century England in which the servants who live downstairs are perfectly capable of …

Blackfriars Dance Concert 2015 Email Promotion, Vendini Marketing

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Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Blackfriars Dance Concert 2015 email promotion from Vendini Marketing

November 9, 2015

Fall Dance Concert (November 5-7, 2015), Lindenwood University

Student Dance Programs & Brochures

No abstract provided.

Email From Amanda Talbot To Tdf Faculty, Staff, And Bdc Guest Artists, Amanda Talbot

Playbill and Promotion

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Email from Amanda Talbot to TDF faculty, staff, and BDC guest artists regarding ticket information for the Blackfriars Dance Concert.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Dance Box Office Sign Up Sheet, Department Of Theatre, Dance & Film

Promotional Materials

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film

Dance box office sign up sheet

November - December 2015