A Collaborative, Site-Specific Dance Performance for Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon: Focus on Community Building for Participating Artists Through the Concepts of Space and Time

dc.contributor.authorErnst, Erinn Kelley Thompson, 1980-
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-08T23:04:01Z
dc.date.available2011-08-08T23:04:01Z
dc.date.issued2011-06
dc.descriptionviii, 77 p. : ill.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe focus of this study was a free site-specific dance and music performance for the general public in Alton Baker Park (Eugene, Oregon), designed to enhance public engagement with the park and with dance. Collaborative processes with participating dancers, composers, and musicians fostered community building between the artists. Informing literature covers the impact of site-specific dance performances on communities, choreographic methodology, the history of site-specific artwork, the impact on, and consideration of, the audience in site-specific projects, and collaboration in the arts. Consideration of the surrounding community and the inherent political nature of site-specific work directly influenced every decision throughout the process. Themes emerged from the focus on building community, engaging the patrons with the site, and investigating process. Themes include the Culminating Performance, Common Values, Collaboration, Audience, Process, Journaling and Research, and a Final Summary. Reflection on the process reveals insights and suggestions for future endeavors.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCommittee in charge: Dr. Jenifer P. Craig, Chairperson; Christian Cherry, Member; Walter Kennedy, Memberen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/11481
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon theses, Dept. of Dance, M.F.A., 2011;
dc.subjectDanceen_US
dc.subjectPerforming artsen_US
dc.subjectChoreographyen_US
dc.subjectCollaborationen_US
dc.subjectCollaborative musicen_US
dc.subjectCommunity buildingen_US
dc.subjectSite-specificen_US
dc.subjectPublic art spaces
dc.subjectAlton Baker City Park (Or.)
dc.titleA Collaborative, Site-Specific Dance Performance for Alton Baker Park in Eugene, Oregon: Focus on Community Building for Participating Artists Through the Concepts of Space and Timeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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