Kristi D. Brubaker and Professor Susanne Davis, Dance Victory From The Dust, was the result this grant. The project was a 20 minuet dance that consisted of seven sections. Each section represented a dispensation of time. The work was choreographed, rehearsed and performed between January and April 1998. It was viewed on the Senior Showcase […]
SUMMARY OF CREATIVE RESEARCH GRANT RESULTS AND ARTISTIC STATEMENT OF “DANCE: EXPRESSIONS OF LIFE”
Natalie Rhodes Wilson and Professor Pat Debenham, Dance Over the course of this year my creative project entitled, “Dance: Expressions of Life,” has evolved from portraying a tragic accident in my life to encompassing a lifetime of internal growth that includes more than the accident itself. The concluding stages of the work are still in […]
Thanatology
Kristen Walker Smith and Professor Cathy Black, Modern Dance Having lost my own father to cancer when I was seven I felt that my modern dance choreographic senior project would be a wonderful opportunity to explore both dance and death. I was excited to portray through movement the emotions associated with death and dying. I felt […]
Psychological Implications for a Performing Artist
Kristin Silvestro and Professor Pam Musil, Dance As a modern dance major at Brigham Young University and a frequent stage performer I have always been interested in learning about the full potential of the body and how to call upon it as needed. As performing artists, dancers are constantly training themselves to reach an optimal […]
Discovering the Egg: An Investigation Into the Art of Solo Performance in Dance
Marney Schaumann and Professor Pat Debenham, Modern Dance The elements of choreography and performance are vital to the craft of a dancer. All dancers in a University setting invest a majority of their time studying both disciplines. Choreography is an outlet of expression, a journey, a process, that dancers use to explore the world around them, […]
Bodies in Motion (Photography)
Ty LaMont Mecham and Professors Val Brinkerhoff & Caroline Prohosky Photography is prominent form of communication in our society, and I envisioned a body of work that would glorify beauty and form in an aesthetically pleasing way. Two of the best resources for these requirements are the landscape and dancers, both of which I absolutely love […]
Dance-Focused Cultural Information Database
Bryce R. Shelley and Professor Susanne Davis, Dance Dance is often overlooked in the United States as a valid medium through which other cultures can be identified, classified, and understood. As dance is not an integral part of life in the United States, many people forget (or never knew) that dance is a cultural element sometimes […]
Database Software Development for Ballet
Kristy Parkinson and Professor Jan Dijkwel, Dance Ballet is a technically demanding performance art. About 500 students take ballet classes each semester at Brigham Young University, and one of the most difficult parts of each ballet class is memorizing all the French terms that each step is known by. In order to facilitate this process, the […]
Silent Release An Investigation into Collaborative Choreography
Emmy Paiser, Kelby Anne Debenham Ellis, and Professor Patrick Debenham, Dance Department “Interaction, the direct effect that one kind of particle has on another, any of four fundamental ways in which elementary particles and bodies can influence each other, classified as strong, weak, electromagnetic, and gravitational (www.dictionary.com).” Our interest in interaction and collaboration began the semester […]
“I No Longer Tremble.” A Choreographic Exploration of Identity
Jeffrey Jacobs and Professor Caroline Prohosky, Dance Department “How can I tell her I am thinking that transformations are not forever?” From the first time I read the final line of Susan Mitchell’s From the Journals of the Frog Prince, I knew I was in trouble. The imagery, the cadences, and the ideas it presented became […]