Date of Award

Spring 5-2-2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Dance

First Advisor

Maura Nguyen Donohue

Second Advisor

David Capps

Academic Program Adviser

Maura Nguyen Donohue

Abstract

Inherited Fervor: Maternal Archive investigates the deconstruction of the non-verbal language of Catholic ecstasy rituals to develop a choreographic language. Through the piece Doves Don’t Fly at Night, it explores the expansion of dancers’ physical range, positioning the body as an archive that embodies memories and mirrors the audience’s humanity.

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