Graduation Year
2021
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Dance
Reader 1
Kevin Williamson
Reader 2
Ronnie Brosterman
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2021 Chloe C Lesh
Abstract
This thesis project and its associated dance film were created in a surrealistic time period initiated by the pandemic. The resulting everyday surrealism ignited my interest within dreams, nightmares, and surreality[1], and how these cerebral and psychological experiences translate to physiological responses and movement. My dance film fracture is the manifestation of these themes. The film presents surrealistic imagery in an abstracted narrative and connects to personal struggles with surreality brought on by the pandemic. The movement, as well as the rationale for the choreographic, filming, and editing choices are explained. Dance films by Neels Castillon and Fanny Sage are examined to showcase similarities in dance works that evoke surreality through movement and dance.
[1] Surreal + reality = surreality.
Recommended Citation
Lesh, Chloe C., "Fracture Patterns: Communicating the Surreal Through Dance Film" (2021). Scripps Senior Theses. 1672.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1672
