Fenwick Scholar Program
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Date of Award
5-1-1989
Project Type
Campus Access Only
First Advisor
Irena Makarushka
Abstract
This paper presents the works of two choreographers in order to explore how their creative practices reflect a concern for meaning. In discussing Martha Graham and George Balanchine, I will describe various works in each choreographer's repertory in order to illustrate that although each choreographer works in a different form, the creative impulse of each is the same.
Although I will be focusing on these two choreographers and their works, I will also consider the nature of choreography in so far as it represents a creative, interpretative impulse. In addition, considering the model of world construction proposed by Berger, I will reflect on the dancer and the viewer as participants in the meaning that emerges from dance.
Recommended Citation
Freemer, Christine S., "Dance as Religious Experience" (1989). Fenwick Scholar Program. 17.
https://crossworks.holycross.edu/fenwick_scholar/17
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