Tutu Tuesday! A Childrens Animated Show Diving into Representation

“Tutu Tuesday!” is a children’s animated series following a plus size dancer, Ruby, as she leads her dance team to nationals! Ruby faces the challenges any 10-year-old faces with the help of her two best friends JJ and Auggie, in which they find that together they are unstoppable! With this show, I was researching to see if hypothetically, children are exposed to many different body types, identities and colors in an entertaining way would we grow a more accepting generation of people. Media makes a up a large percentage of how we view ourselves and the world around us. The effects of changing that narrative could be very beneficial in not only children viewing the world around them, but also themselves. For some research components, I conducted a poll asking what current Performing Arts students at Texas State would have appreciated to see in the media they were consuming growing up. Through that research I was able to find a lot about what was missing in the media: athletic plus size people, dancers of different gender identities and dancers of all colors. In this piece I was able to write a compelling story with marginalized groups of people, without making the focus of the piece about their marginalized identity.

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

Texas State University

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Hill-King, Leslie

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Morille, Jordan

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Taylor, Nicole

• dance
• representation
• body neutrality

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/10877/19352

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digital.library.txst.edu:10877/19352