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Listening to Gesture: Choreographing Connections Through Socially Engaged Dance Practices

abstract: In contemporary U.S. culture, dance is often confined to the young and the trained, isolated on stages and in dance studios, and viewed as entertainment that is disconnected from "real life." Socially engaged dance practices re-connect dance to society in meaningful ways. By connecting individuals to their own bodies, to each other, to ideas, and to social, civic, and educational institutions, socially engaged dance practices use movement, the body, and the tools of participatory art, which contributes to the development of a democratic society, while catalyzing social change, and building healthy communities. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.F.A. Dance 2013

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:20902
Date January 2013
ContributorsJohnson, Elizabeth Georgianne Lang (Author), Fitzgerald, Mary (Advisor), Standley, Eileen (Committee member), Marshall, Alison (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMasters Thesis
Format85 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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