Date of Award
Spring 5-3-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Dance
First Advisor
maura nguyen donohue
Second Advisor
Blakeley White-McGuire
Academic Program Adviser
maura nguyen donohue
Abstract
Dances originating in social settings have served as catalysts for community building, liberation, and healing for decades. Hip hop, house, krumping, voguing, and other forms of dance have empowered communities in their struggle against oppressive forces and have subsequently become influential in media based popular culture. This research explores how social dance forms promoting empowerment are popularized through mediated culture and how this process informed the creation of Austin Marquez's MFA thesis, "STAGES.""STAGES" is an interdisciplinary performance that integrates Marquez's album and choreography to explore his recovery from alcoholism. This study investigates how choreographing narratives of recovery using social dance forms illuminates the historical and social contexts in which these dance forms emerged.
Recommended Citation
Marquez, R. Austin, "STAGES: Social Dance Forms as Catalyst for Recovery" (2024). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1162