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Title:
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Integration is an art: necessary dialogue on disabled-nondisabled integration(s), power dynamics, and partnership in physically integrated dance, dance theater, and community performance
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Author:
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Amir, Leora
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Abstract:
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Through the lens of Disability Studies Theory and performance scholarship, this thesis examines the diverse approaches of three contemporary dance-based performance companies that integrate disabled and nondisabled performing artists. I demonstrate how performances by AXIS Dance Company (Katie Faulkner’s Decorum), Dandelion Dancetheater (Eric Kupers and Neil Marcus’ A Walk in the Park), and The Olimpias Performance Research Projects (Journey to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin) challenge traditional exclusionary performance aesthetics and societal views through artful, subtly political performances. I contend that these performances add vital “voices” to performance, provide much-needed critiques of Ableism, and illustrate practices and aesthetics that create pathways for more inclusive performance. |
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Description:
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Thesis (M.A., Theatre Arts)--California State University, Sacramento, 2011. |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/1516
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Date:
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2012-02-17 |
