Dominican University of California
Artistic Landscapes: Dancing Beyond the Stage; An Investigation of 1960s Site-Specific Dance Through the Chorography f Anna Halprin, Trisha Brown and Twyla Tharp
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>Site-specific choreography is dance intended to exist outside the traditional stage of the theatre. This type of choreography became popular among the post-modern dance artists of the 1960s. These artists raised questions about the basic principles of dance such as: who could dance, why and for what audience. Dancers were not alone in this quest to understand their art; their intrigue was part of a larger questioning involving conceptual art in the art world. Many of the choreographers’ work involved site-specific dances placed in environmental locales, but were not limited to such locations. This thesis will focus on the contributions made by three of the most dedicated site-specific choreographers during the 1960s: Anna Halprin (b. 1920), Trisha Brown (b. 1936) and Twyla Tharp (b. 1942). Also included will be descriptions of my own site-specific choreographed works as displayed on a DVD component to this thesis.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Wilson, Meredith Lee
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Leslie Ross, PhD
- Patricia Dougherty, OP, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/255
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1254