Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom A
Start Date
15-5-2014
End Date
15-5-2014
Keywords
Dance, Tanztheater, Integrated Arts
Abstract
This presentation will allow the audience to experience a four-minute work of original choreography performed live, as well as a seven-minute presentation on both the artistic and choreographic process of its creation. This dance was originally created for PED 301 Choreography, which teaches an integrated arts method of creating original dances. My dance is in the style of Tanztheater or “dance theatre,” which blends elements of both concert dance and dramatic performance to create a multifaceted work of art. In this work, titled A Prayer for Purpose, I have explored the artist’s life; specifically, the struggle to create art of a meaningful and lasting nature which touches the hearts of the audience. Inspired by the charcoal sketch titled Self Portrait by 20th century German artist, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emily Dickinson’s poem “If I can stop one heart from breaking,” I created the dance by drawing out significant images and ideas from these works as well as my own artistic journey to generate a basic phrase of movement. By augmenting this basic phrase using the choreographic devices learned in the course, the four-minute dance that is A Prayer for Purpose was born.
Recommended Citation
Tinhof, Sierra, "A Prayer for Purpose" (2014). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 20.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2014/creativeexpression/20
Additional Mentoring Department
Physical Education, School and Public Health
Additional Mentoring Department
Dance
A Prayer for Purpose
SURC Ballroom A
This presentation will allow the audience to experience a four-minute work of original choreography performed live, as well as a seven-minute presentation on both the artistic and choreographic process of its creation. This dance was originally created for PED 301 Choreography, which teaches an integrated arts method of creating original dances. My dance is in the style of Tanztheater or “dance theatre,” which blends elements of both concert dance and dramatic performance to create a multifaceted work of art. In this work, titled A Prayer for Purpose, I have explored the artist’s life; specifically, the struggle to create art of a meaningful and lasting nature which touches the hearts of the audience. Inspired by the charcoal sketch titled Self Portrait by 20th century German artist, Käthe Kollwitz, and Emily Dickinson’s poem “If I can stop one heart from breaking,” I created the dance by drawing out significant images and ideas from these works as well as my own artistic journey to generate a basic phrase of movement. By augmenting this basic phrase using the choreographic devices learned in the course, the four-minute dance that is A Prayer for Purpose was born.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Fullmer, Crystal