abstract: This ethnographic research focuses on the specific creative processes of one dance-maker who worked collaboratively with seven dancers, a sound designer, a costume designer, and a narrative speaker. Together they created an evening-length dance work entitled "The Now Creature." Throughout the creative process, the dance-maker was interested in noticing attachments, finding freedom from these attachments, and being aware of how the work was affected by the choice to detach or remain attached to certain ideas. This interest stemmed from the dance-maker/researcher's interest in Buddhist philosophy and a system of decision-making she had been developing since childhood. The creative process for "The Now Creature" began with experiments in chance procedures as a method of non-attachment. After the first public showing of the piece, the process shifted to include intuition and aesthetic integration. "Embodied nowness," or the awareness of one's physical and mental sensations in the present moment, played an important role in rehearsals and in the overall process of letting go of attachments. All collaborators kept journals and were usually given specific prompts about which to write. The researcher/dance-maker also conducted one-on-one verbal interviews and group discussions with the collaborators. These data informed the development of the work presented on January 31-February 2 at Arizona State University, Findings from this research can be applied to any kind of creative process, or any life situation that includes decision-making. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.F.A. Dance 2014

El presente trabajo de investigación busca identificar las diferencias, a nivel de lenguaje audiovisual y de contenido, de los micro documentales diseñados específicamente para redes sociales. Para ello se analizarán piezas documentales de casas creadoras de estas producciones como Vice, Great Big Story y Nowness. A través de dicho análisis y la entrevista con documentalistas expertos en el tema se buscará descubrir si el documental en redes sociales tiene suficientes características propias como para ser considerado un nuevo género documental. / The objective of this investigation is to find the differences, in the audiovisual language and in content, of the micro documentaries specially designed for social media. In order to achive this, the autor will analyze documentaries from companies focused in the media creation such as Vice, Great Big Story and Nowness. Trough this analysis and the interviews with experts on the field, the investigation will attempt to discover if documentaries on social media are different enough, compared to the cinematic documentaries, to be considered a new documentary genre. / Tesis