| Publication Type |
thesis |
| School or College |
College of Fine Arts |
| Department |
Dance, Modern |
| Author |
Fifer, Emily Scott |
| Title |
Moving together: dance as an inroad to relationship and self-discovery |
| Date |
2009-12-14 |
| Description |
This thesis investigates how identity is shaped by our relationships with other people. It examines how identity "disappears" when we lose meaningful connections to the outside world. I discuss how dance, and specifically Contact Improvisation, brings us into deeper relationship with ourselves and others through its collaborative nature and unique embodied perspective. In this research, I include personal movement experiences that have illuminated my own identity as a human being and dance artist. Finally, I address how my understanding of relationship has informed and transformed my identity as a performer, choreographer, and teacher. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
University of Utah |
| Subject |
Dance--Psychological aspects; Contact improvisation |
| Dissertation Institution |
University of Utah |
| Dissertation Name |
MFA |
| Language |
eng |
| Relation is Version of |
Digital reproduction of "Moving together: dance as an inroad to relationship and self-discovery" J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections GV8.5 2010 .F54 |
| Rights Management |
©Emily Scott Fifer. To comply with copyright, the file for this work may be restricted to The University of Utah campus libraries pending author permission. |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
99,858 bytes |
| Identifier |
us-etd2,154159 |
| Source |
Original: University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned on Epson GT-30000 as 400 dpi to pdf using ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Professional Edition. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6ww7z6g |
| Setname |
ir_etd |
| ID |
192727 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ww7z6g |
