Dark Park: visceral experiments with narrative in dance theatre
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Alexander, Kelly (2011) Dark Park: visceral experiments with narrative in dance theatre. Research Master thesis, Victoria University.
Abstract
This practice-led MA project in performance focuses on the use of narrative elements within dance theatre. Following the work of Pina Bausch and Lloyd Newson it investigates processes for integrating narrative with the abstract properties of dance. Whilst Bausch and Newson have approached narrative from divergent perspectives, both have utilised it in ways that embrace ambiguity, encouraging interpretation but refusing definitive meaning. This project expands these perspectives to further explore this space between specificity and ambiguity. It suggests a story through movement and physicality and investigates the ability of narrative to connect directly to the emotional core of the spectator.
| Additional Information | Master of Arts |
| Item type | Thesis (Research Master thesis) |
| URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/19420 |
| Subjects | Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Communication and the Arts Historical > FOR Classification > 1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing |
| Keywords | story, specific, ambiguous, ambiguity, intuition, emotion, audience, intuitive process, decision-making, studio practice, autobiography, performance |
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