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shiFT: an exploration of empathy
Description
“shiFT: An Exploration of Empathy” is a document detailing the process of
creating the evening length dance performance, “shiFT,” through the theoretical,
somatic, kinesthetic and choreographic research of empathy. This research specifically
addressed the ability to consciously take on an empathetic perspective and the change
that must occur within oneself to co-create empathy. It focused on the factors that
impede empathetic function and the role of vulnerability in experiencing empathy.
Throughout the creation of this concert, the choreographer employed empathy building
exercises and concentrated creative processes constructed from her research into the
neurological, emotional and physical aspects of empathy with a cast of ten dancers.
Choreographer and dancers worked collaboratively to create an empathetic
environment, a pre-show film installation titled GREY MATTER, and the culminating
evening length concert piece “shiFT.”
creating the evening length dance performance, “shiFT,” through the theoretical,
somatic, kinesthetic and choreographic research of empathy. This research specifically
addressed the ability to consciously take on an empathetic perspective and the change
that must occur within oneself to co-create empathy. It focused on the factors that
impede empathetic function and the role of vulnerability in experiencing empathy.
Throughout the creation of this concert, the choreographer employed empathy building
exercises and concentrated creative processes constructed from her research into the
neurological, emotional and physical aspects of empathy with a cast of ten dancers.
Choreographer and dancers worked collaboratively to create an empathetic
environment, a pre-show film installation titled GREY MATTER, and the culminating
evening length concert piece “shiFT.”
Date Created
2018
Contributors
- Witt, Rebecca (Author)
- Fitzgerald, Mary (Thesis advisor)
- Standley, Eileen (Committee member)
- Heywood, William (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Topical Subject
Resource Type
Extent
v, 46 pages : color illustrations
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.49281
Statement of Responsibility
by Rebecca Witt
Description Source
Viewed on January 7, 2019
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.F.A., Arizona State University, 2018
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 46)
Field of study: Dance
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- 2018-06-01 08:09:03
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- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 3 years 2 months ago
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