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149809 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.9105 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2011 iv, 26 p Masters Thesis Academic theses Text eng Bedford, Crystal Corey, Frederick Dove, Simon Jackson, Naomi Arizona State University Partial requirement for: M.F.A., Arizona State University, 2011 Includes bibliographical references (p. 22) Field of study: Dance Bisexuality is a unique kind of sexual identity, as a gray area between heterosexuality and homosexuality. The piece You made up the Story and I Played with all the Parts explores bisexuality as a lived artistic experience based on my sexual journey within a society that advocates heterosexuality. The piece includes movement phrases and text derived from conversations with intimate partners, characters based on former partners, storytelling, a 1950s-style sex education video parody, and audience participation via dialogue. The creation of movement and dialogue manipulated heteronormative social stigmas into a canny social acceptance of bisexuality. The multifaceted nature of the piece provokes viewers to consider how sexuality is constructed socially through my own interpretation. As a result, the work suggests that bisexuality is a legitimate sexual identity and represents a culture within American society. Dance GLBT Studies Bisexuality Heteronormative Performance Sexual identity Sociocultural 1950s Me, myself and BI: an expression of sexuality