Note: this is a supplementary archive, as student dissertations are also contained in their accrediting universities’ libraries and moving forward in a dedicated institutional portal of an international creative research database Research Catalogue and a physical copy at the San Francisco Library TBC.
Abstract: This practice-led research project examines how combining painting and choreography can reshape artistic identities and challenge traditional dance forms. From ballet's strict structure to modern dance's liberated expression, this research project explores the possibilities, obstacles, and progression of transitioning from established techniques to more unbridled forms of artistic expression. The work aims to illuminate the transformative power of cross-disciplinary practice in broadening traditional dance aesthetics…
Abstract: This is a documentation of practice-led research into the proliferation of invasive species, a phenomenon analogous to colonialism and its accompanying systemic extraction and displacement of bodies, goods, and earth materials. Sylvia Wynter attributes this spread to the Enlightenment era centering of European man as the hierarchical pinnacle of intelligence. This separation of man from nature caused a rupture with vast indigenous and planetary knowledge that has resulted in species die offs and potential environmental and social collapse…
