Dance

elaina alspach, 2020

Choreographic Inspiration

Exploring the use of Dance Theatre as an art form, this project will look at the technique and personal studies of Danielle Georgiou, Meg Stuart, and Miguel Gutierrez as influence for a visual dance theatre piece. The piece, consisting of five dancers, was performed at the TWU Dance Department Final Showing in the Fall 2019 semester. The project is summarized in a research paper.

Course: DNCE 3101/4182

Supervising Professor: Jordan Fuchs

Mariana Gonzales-Berrocal, 2017

Equality Through Dance

I will develop a two-semester course to teach students to become leaders of change through movement and to have them voice their opinions through dance to continue the fight for equality and peace.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Rosemary Candela

Chelsea Rayna, 2017

Proposal for a Dance Education Program

I will write a proposal for a dance education program for children with autism that includes the value of a dance program for children with autism, the basic framework of such a program, the components of a curriculum design which will best enhance the learning of students, and practical aspects to consider during implementation of the program.

Course: DNCE 3813

Supervising Professor: Matthew Henley

Kara Beadle, 2016

Creative Ideas for Improvisational Dance Making: The Making of Tinted Tangerine Video: Tinted Tangerine

I will research site dance artists, investigate their methodologies, and utilize improvisational practices learned at P.O.R.C.H. Summer Intensive Study Improvisation and Training Module to create an improvisational site-specific dance work.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Mary Williford-Shade

Alexandra Cole, 2014

Audience Perception of Dance as a Narrative

I will determine whether a narrative enables an audience member to relate better to dance work.

Course: DNCE 4133

Supervising Professor: Gladys Keeton

STEPHANIE TERRELL, 2014

Dance Movement Therapy: An Examination of the Necessity for Curricula

I will research dance/movement therapy techniques, philosophies, and methods of practice to develop a five-week curriculum for dance therapists.

Course: DNCE 3813

Supervising Professor: Ilana Morgan

Hannah Briggs, 2012

Capturing Creativity

I will design an six-week workshop for beginning choreography students ages 12-18 that introduces them to several key choreographic elements.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Mary Williford-Shade

Heather Gall, 2010

Holding On to Let Go: A Choreographic Exploration to Integrate Dance and Psychology

I will create a dance duet and solo that focus on the ways that people cope, manage, and resolve everyday and lifetime struggles.

Course: DNCE 4182

Supervising Professor: Jordan Fuchs

Kristen Eichenberg, 2008

Critical Thinking and the Creative Process

I will utilize choreography and research to discover the role that critical thinking plays in the creative process.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Mary Williford-Shade

Nadia Losonsky, 2008

Developing Improvisation Scores for Performance in an Interdisciplinary Collaboration

I will create and shape a dance score using readings about score development, improvisation techniques, and music and dance relationships.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Sarah Gamblin

Stephanie Willing, 2006

Legendary (Woman) Warrior: Research Women in Martial Arts

I will examine Joy Tuberville and her legendary martial arts career as one of the first female free fighters in competition and her continued influence as an instructor of yuan-wha.

Course: DNCE 3813

Supervising Professor: Linda Caldwell

Theresa Barnes, 2005

Classical Pilates to Dance Specific Pilates: A Pilot Study for Modifying Verbal Instructions

I will create a dance-specific repertoire from Classical Pilates training and translate it to TWU's dance department students.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Sarah Gamblin

Dayna Morgan, 2005

Painting the Stage: Creating Concepts and Illuminating Dreams

I will design lights and lead a hang and focus crew for the Fall 2004 DanceMakers Too concert.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Mary Williford-Shade

Jenny English, 2003

Contextualizing Individual Experiential Pilates Practice for Integration into Dance Technique

I will examine how four Texas Woman's University advanced/level IV modern dancers make sense of Pilates in the context of their own dancing.

Course: DNCE 4913

Supervising Professor: Penelope Hanstein

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