abstract: “Her Brown Body Is Glory: A Legacy of Healing Forged Through Sisterhood and
Dance” fondly captures the process of creating the evening length dance project, Her
Brown Body Is Glory (HBBIG). This document addresses many themes, such as
liminality, rites of passage, trauma in the African American community (like the effects
of Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary’s “Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS) theory), and
provides a perspective of healing rooted in dance, rituals, and community. This research
focuses on dance being the source of intervention to create sisterhood among African
American women of many shades. Throughout the creation of this dance project, the
choreographer and dancers collaboratively generated experiences to cultivate a space of
trust, vulnerability, sisterhood, and growth. The use of written, verbal, and movement
reflection supported this creative process as the main source of ritual to check in with
self, building community amongst the dancers, and generating choreography. The
insertion of these sisterhood rituals into the production became the necessary element of
witness for the audience to experience an authentic and moving performance of Her
Brown Body Is Glory. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Dance 2020
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:57272 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Contributors | Thomas, Hannah Victoria (Author), Jackson, Naomi (Advisor), White, Marcus (Committee member), Hunt, Kistin (Committee member), Nascimiento, Eliciana (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 76 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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