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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"choreography"”.
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The Choreography of Base Excision Repair
The DNA in each cell of the human body is damaged more than 10,000 times every day. To avoid the mutagenic and cytotoxic effects that can be caused by the accumulation of DNA damage, human cells utilize DNA repair pathways such as base excision repair (BER). BER is carried out by a series of DNA …
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Choreographing relations: practical philosophy and contemporary choreography
… of a conceptual site development of contemporary choreography through analysis of the works of Antonia Baehr, Juan Dominguez, Xavier Le Roy and Eszter Salamon. It examines the way these works transform choreography qualitatively by elaborating singular methods which couple the issue of movement …
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Moving with Words, 1950s–1980s: Language, Notation, Choreography
My thesis concerns the use of language to notate movement from the 1950s to 1980s. During this period, traditional forms of pictographic movement notation get replaced in avant-garde communities by experimental language scores. These emerge within the context of a widespread and international turn …
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A Choreography of Water, Light, and Space Interplay
… the interplay of water, light, and space in a choreography of architectural sequences. Through the design of a spa, it explores how these elements can evoke sensory and emotional responses, shaping human perception and interaction within spatial environments. The project unfolds as a …
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Tap Dance Choreography: An exploration of tradition and innovation
… between tradition and innovation in tap dance choreography. Through critical investigation of tap history, thorough study of the aesthetics developed by avant-garde female choreographers, and detailed description of my own creative process, I address choreographic possibilities in which tap …
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Facial hacking: the twisted logic of electro-facial choreography
This research addresses the development of a computational facial language that enables systematic exploration of the external controlled human face with the aim to identify fundamental electro-facial choreographic patterns. Rewiring the human face to an external digital control system, has sparked …
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The Civil War: A Collaboration in Direction and Choreography
… of the underlying principles of direction and choreography applied in the creation of an artistically aid financially successful production of this size. Included in the evaluation of The Civil War: A Musical are analyses of the directors' --Patti D'Beck and David Leong --individual creative …
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I/O-Automata based formal approach to Web Services Choreography
… explored.</p> <p>However, such a centralized choreography mechanism can involve communication/computation overhead that can be reduced through its decentralized realization. With this as motivation, we next</p> <p>study the problem of synthesizing a decentralized choreography strategy that …
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Sartorial Choreography: The Materiality and Performance of Clothes-Making Gestures
The materiality of clothes is closely tied to bodily movement and performance, and fashion designers and researchers have explored how clothes become expressive through wearing and performing. However, while the performative aspects of wearing clothes have been extensively investigated, the …
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The choreography of the classroom: performance and embodiment in teaching
"The body is central to all human interaction and is literally the instrument through which teachers communicate. The topic of embodiment has increasingly been addressed in the literature on Education and more broadly in the Social Sciences, however there are few accounts of what embodiment looks …
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The choreography of belonging : toothed whale spatial cohesion and acoustic communication
To maintain the benefits of group membership, social animals need mechanisms to stay together and reunite if separated. This thesis explores the acoustic signals that dolphins use to overcome this challenge and mediate their complex relationships in a dynamic 3D environment. Bottlenose dolphins are …
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Expansionary engagements : Butterworth's didactic-democratic spectrum model in physical theatre choreography
… five-tier Didactic-Democratic spectrum model for choreography. Being accustomed to, and trained predominantly in, one mode of approaching choreography has become limiting. Butterworth‘s model may aid me in expanding choreographically in the context of physical theatre-making. My research is …
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Toroidal Dance: A Yogic Perspective of Choreography, Transdisciplinarity, and Dance Dramaturgy
Positioning my thesis as a transdisciplinary weave, this thesis analyses some of the contributions yogic science can bring to the creative/choreographic field and how specific yogic concepts can be creatively translated and explored in choreographic practice. Through a practice as research and …
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The choreography of belonging : toothed whale spatial cohesion and acoustic communication
To maintain the benefits of group membership, social animals need mechanisms to stay together and reunite if separated. This thesis explores the acoustic signals that dolphins use to overcome this challenge and mediate their complex relationships in a dynamic 3D environment. Bottlenose dolphins are …
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Stereo-tectonic choreography: A sculptural [re]surfacing of an enigmatic genius loci
This inquiry draws on architectural pieces - collages and models - that explore the tactile and spatial world conceptually. I have a broad interest in the mechanical world and the processes of assembling and disassembling. The making of the pieces and my fascination with the medium is manifested …
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A Girl Is a Thing: Dramaturgies of Objects and Nature in Contemporary Choreography
… toward and through nonhumans in contemporary choreography as a feminist inquiry. I research the upsurge of performing objects and natural matter in contemporary choreography by questioning what kind of bodies other than humans can move, and what kind of affects and expressions they offer …
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An investigation into the nature and development of dance consciousness in choreography and performance
… consciousness is an integral component of choreography and performance, but has been afforded little significant attention within dance theory or practice. This thesis aims to investigate the nature of the dancer's consciousness and it develops a model which allows dancers to access …
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The choreography of display : experiential exhibitions in the context of museum practice and theory
In this project I examine curatorial processes and the experience of constructing and viewing museum exhibitions. Specifically I have been interested in the way in which certain exhibits facilitate powerful emotional responses from their viewers. I suggest that the curators of these kinds of …
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Music made visible in time and space : concepts of simultaneity in tone-eurythmy choreography
Eurythmy is an art of movement that expresses music and speech. This dissertation explores eurythmy's musical field, called tone-eurythmy, in its multifaceted appearances, background and within its philosophical context. Tone-eurythmy, carried out by performers moving in space and time, makes music …
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