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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"dance-making"”.
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Children's Dance-Making: An Autoethnographic Path Towards Transformative Critical Pedagogy
… examines, analyzes, andinterprets children’s dances created by seventeen nine- 11 year olds attending aMidwestern, urban elementary school. The significance of this longitudinal study is in the offering of a fresh perspective on children’s dance-making as a mode of embodied understanding and …
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Somatosensory wearable technology in the dance making process: investigating digital touch in the formation of creative movement and kinaesthetic awareness
… digital touch stimuli in the creative context of making dance. This was enabled by designing, producing, and using two prototypes in workshops with students, experienced dance artists, and educators. This research collected qualitative data via embodied methods, including video footage, the …
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Beyond the studio: the creative process in local, site-related dance
This practice–led research thesis comprises a dance performance and a written exegesis that will make salient and analyse the creative process in site-related choreography. The work explores the repercussions of moving dance making activities away from the traditional studio and considers how …
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dharmakaya: An investigation into the impact of mindful meditation on dancers’ creative processes in a choreographic environment
… to weave together the data generated through a dance making process, with a reflective, critical analysis of the data, to argue that incorporating meditation in the creative process can have a profound impact on a creative practice. dharmakaya, the dance work I choreographed for the purpose of …
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Shifting Interfaces: art research at the intersections of live performance and technology
… of creative process in the field of contemporary dance. It comprises thirty written works published from 1999 to 2007 in various formats and platforms. This collection is framed by a methodological discussion that provides insight into how this research has intersected over time with diverse …
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Tap Dance Choreography: An exploration of tradition and innovation
Tap dance is a genuine American art form that has evolved from consolidated traditions to unexpected innovations in its technique and aesthetic. With awareness to social and cultural contexts, I aim to clarify the cyclical process between tradition and innovation in tap dance choreography. Through …
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The reinvention of tradition: Transformation of Chinese water sleeve dance and Tai Ji in contemporary performer training and performance making
… tradition in China through the examination of dance practices. First, this research focused on the continuity of tradition demonstrated in the development of Chinese classical dance. Second, it concentrated on the malleability and applicability of two representative Chinese cultural dance …
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Interrogating the nature, process and politics of female headed dance collaborations: the growth project (Scenkonst Sӧrmland, Sweden & Baxter Theatre Centre, Cape Town, South Africa) 2012-2016
… seeks to investigate the nature of Contemporary Dance collaborations between some South African dancers in the Western Cape and Swedish musicians and dancers and their directors and producers. My study focusses on the impact of choreographic processes in such collaborations when these are led by …
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The Four Roses Project
… the following questions with eight participant dancers between the ages of twenty and thirty-seven: 1. How do the struggle narratives of women of uMkhonto we Sizwe find resonance in my present lived experiences as a post-apartheid woman?; 2. What is my modern-day battlefield and what is my …
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Exploring female art-making through reflective practice: A multi-dimensional cultural, spiritual and embodied experience
… lived experience that are present in acts of art-making. Reflective practice in art-making adds the intentional and purposive act of reflective learning to the experience of art-making. In an academic context the challenge arises for a researcher to adequately represent the breadth and richness of …