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This paper outlines the three research projects that I performed between 2009-present: Slow Movement Training (SMT) lab, Self-education Through Embodied Movement (STEM), and the Athletic Movement Program (AMP). It first evaluates the major issues that spawned each research project, and then provides a framework for understanding the shift in the student-centered physical and mental movement practices that I developed in response to the need for reform. The content will address the personal and professional paradigmatic shift that I experienced through the lens of a practitioner and educator. It will focus heavily on the transitions between each of the projects and finally the emergence of the Athletic Movement Program. The focal point becomes one of community needs, alternate resources and hybrid-online classroom support. The paper concludes with an overview and content comparison between the one-size-fits-all model used within public movement education and Athletic Movement Programs' strengths and challenges.
ContributorsCroitoru, Michael (Author) / Mitchell, John D. (Thesis advisor) / Fitzgerald, Mary (Committee member) / Coleman, Grisha (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2011
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MOVE was a choreographic project that investigated content in conjunction with the creative process. The yearlong collaborative creative process utilized improvisational and compositional experiments to research the movement potential of the human body, as well as movement's ability to be an emotional catalyst. Multiple showings were held to receive feedback from a variety of viewers. Production elements were designed in conjunction with the development of the evening-length dance work. As a result of discussion and research, several process-revealing sections were created to provide clear relationships between pedestrian/daily functional movement and technical movement. Each section within MOVE addressed movement as an emotional catalyst, resulting in a variety of emotional textures. The sections were placed in a non-linear structure in order for the audience to have the space to create their own connections between concepts. Community was developed in rehearsal via touch/weight sharing, and translated to the performance of MOVE via a communal, instinctive approach to the performance of the work. Community was also created between the movers and the audience via the design of the performance space. The production elements all revolved around the human body, and offered different viewpoints into various body parts. The choreographer, designers, and movers all participated in the creation of the production elements, resulting in a clear understanding of MOVE by the entire community involved. The overall creation, presentation, and reflection of MOVE was a view into the choreographer's growth as a dance artist, and her values of people and movement.
ContributorsPeterson, Britta Joy (Author) / Fitzgerald, Mary (Thesis advisor) / Schupp, Karen (Committee member) / Mcneal Hunt, Diane (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
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This thesis document encapsulates the findings of my research process in which I studied my self, my artistic process, and the interconnectivity among the various aspects of my life. Those findings are two-fold as they relate to the creation of three original works and my personal transformation through the process. This document encapsulates the three works, swimminginthepsyche, applecede and The 21st Century Adventures of Wonder Woman, chronologically from their performance dates. My personal growth and transformation is expressed throughout the paper and presented in the explanation of the emergent philosophical approach for self-study as creative practice that I followed. This creative-centered framework for embodied transformation weaves spiritual philosophy with my artistic process to sustain a holistic life practice, where the self, seen as an integrated whole, is also a direct reflection of the greater, singular and holistic existence.
ContributorsDeWitt, Inertia Q.E.D (Author) / Mitchell, John D. (Thesis advisor) / Dyer, Becky (Committee member) / De La Garza, Sarah (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
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Despite the breadth of studies investigating ecosystem development, an underlying theory guiding this process remains elusive. Several principles have been proposed to explain ecosystem development, though few have garnered broad support in the literature. I used boreal wetland soils as a study system to test a notable goal oriented principle: The Maximum Power Principle (MPP). The MPP posits that ecosystems, and in fact all energy systems, develop to maximize power production or the rate of energy production. I conducted theoretical and empirical investigations to test the MPP in northern wetlands.
Permafrost degradation is leading to rapid wetland formation in northern peatland ecosystems, altering the role of these ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. I reviewed the literature on the history of the MPP theory, including tracing its origins to The Second Law of Thermodynamics. To empirically test the MPP, I collected soils along a gradient of ecosystem development and: 1) quantified the rate of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production--literally cellular energy--to test the MPP; 2) quantified greenhouse gas production (CO2, CH4, and N2O) and microbial genes that produce enzymes catalyzing greenhouse gas production, and; 3) sequenced the 16s rRNA gene from soil microbes to investigate microbial community composition across the chronosequence of wetland development. My results suggested that the MPP and other related theoretical constructs have strong potential to further inform our understanding of ecosystem development. Soil system power (ATP) decreased temporarily as the ecosystem reorganized after disturbance to rates of power production that approached pre-disturbance levels. Rates of CH4 and N2O production were higher at the newly formed bog and microbial genes involved with greenhouse gas production were strongly related to the amount of greenhouse gas produced. DNA sequencing results showed that across the chronosequence of development, the two relatively mature ecosystems--the peatland forest ecosystem prior to permafrost degradation and the oldest bog--were more similar to one another than to the intermediate, less mature bog. Collectively, my results suggest that ecosystem age, rather than ecosystem state, was a more important driver for ecosystem structure and function.
Permafrost degradation is leading to rapid wetland formation in northern peatland ecosystems, altering the role of these ecosystems in the global carbon cycle. I reviewed the literature on the history of the MPP theory, including tracing its origins to The Second Law of Thermodynamics. To empirically test the MPP, I collected soils along a gradient of ecosystem development and: 1) quantified the rate of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production--literally cellular energy--to test the MPP; 2) quantified greenhouse gas production (CO2, CH4, and N2O) and microbial genes that produce enzymes catalyzing greenhouse gas production, and; 3) sequenced the 16s rRNA gene from soil microbes to investigate microbial community composition across the chronosequence of wetland development. My results suggested that the MPP and other related theoretical constructs have strong potential to further inform our understanding of ecosystem development. Soil system power (ATP) decreased temporarily as the ecosystem reorganized after disturbance to rates of power production that approached pre-disturbance levels. Rates of CH4 and N2O production were higher at the newly formed bog and microbial genes involved with greenhouse gas production were strongly related to the amount of greenhouse gas produced. DNA sequencing results showed that across the chronosequence of development, the two relatively mature ecosystems--the peatland forest ecosystem prior to permafrost degradation and the oldest bog--were more similar to one another than to the intermediate, less mature bog. Collectively, my results suggest that ecosystem age, rather than ecosystem state, was a more important driver for ecosystem structure and function.
ContributorsChapman, Eric (Author) / Childers, Daniel L. (Thesis advisor) / Cadillo-Quiroz, Hinsby (Committee member) / Hall, Sharon J (Committee member) / Turetsky, Merritt (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015
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You Are Here: A choreographic memoir exploring anxiety in the YouTube generation is an evening-length performance which began as an interdisciplinary exploration of the therapeutic properties of creative writing and creative movement. Throughout the creation of this performance, the choreographer engaged in self-reflection from which arose the themes of anxiety, the Internet, and identity. As a result of this experience, she reached conclusions regarding her personal voice and agency, interdisciplinary art as therapy, the importance of dance as a coping mechanism in digital cultures, and a definition of the therapeutic process of choreographic memoir.
ContributorsDorn, Katherine (Author) / Dyer, Becky (Thesis advisor) / Mitchell, John D. (Committee member) / Reyes, Guillermo (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017
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The ASU School of Dance presents School of Dance LIVE!, September 7-9, with works by dance faculty, performed at Galvin Playhouse.
ContributorsPinholster, Jacob (Director) / Koch, Carolyn (Artistic director, Production manager, Lighting designer) / Swayze, William (Musician, Performer, Composer) / Jones, Ben (Performer) / Mack, Austen (Performer) / Ortego, Garrett (Performer) / Benard, Jacqueline (Costume designer, Creator) / Burk, Ashley (Collaborator deprecated, use Contributor, Performer) / Arredondo, Julia (Performer) / Groom, Léla (Performer) / Giordano, Erin (Performer) / Bouey, Billie-Joe "J." (Performer) / Bartholomew, Jessica (Performer) / Chapman, Eric (Collaborator deprecated, use Contributor)) / Peterson, Haley (Collaborator deprecated, use Contributor)) / Vissicaro, Pegge (Collaborator deprecated, use Contributor)) / Mitchell, John D. (Designer, Musician) / Standley, Eileen (Designer, Choreographer, Performer) / Kyriakides, Yannis (Composer) / Tomooka, Kayla (Performer) / Waitz, Jessica (Performer) / McNutt, Eden (Costume designer, Performer) / DeWitt, Inertia (Musician, Performer) / Murphey, Claudia (Director, Interviewer) / Mumford, Jessica (Videographer, Editor) / Britt, Melissa (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Alvarez, Emily (Musician) / Salcido, Alejandro (Lighting designer) / Calleros, Vince (Performer) / Dimmick, Saza (Performer) / Granado, Michaela (Performer) / Kusch, Liz (Performer) / Lopez, Cassidy (Performer) / Kaplan, Rob (Composer, Performer) / Rex, Melissa S. (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Technical director) / Bocchino, Corinne (Performer, Performer) / Mihaleva, Galina (Costume designer, Creator) / Cooper, Carol (Performer) / Crissman, Angel (Performer) / Bouey, J (Performer) / Bouey, Majee (Performer) / Bouey, Najee (Performer) / Matthews, Emily (Performer) / Vago, Haley (Performer) / Witzke, Nikki (Performer) / Goodson, Naomi (Performer) / Levin, Felicia (Performer) / Gonzales, Anthony (Performer) / Hughs, Haylee (Performer) / Ling, Amanda (Performer) / Pourzal, Kristopher K. Q. (Performer) / Munoz, Jessica (Performer) / Peterson, Britta (Performer) / Poto, Ana Maria (Performer) / Rickert, Austin (Performer) / Schupp, Karen (Director, Costume designer, Performer) / McMahon Ward, Frances (Editor) / Khoilian, Jarek (Cinematographer) / Heath, Jason (Musician) / Page, Martin (Composer) / Fairweather, Brian (Composer) / Thornton, Trevor (Composer) / Richardson, Chris (Composer) / Fitzgerald, Mary (Choreographer, Performer) / Ford, Lindsey (Performer) / Garibay, Elissa (Performer) / Barrett, Kristen (Performer) / Herberger Institute School of Dance (Musician)
Created2012
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The ASU School of Dance presents Undergraduate Projects Showing, April 11-12, with works by dance undergraduate students, performed at Margaret Gisolo Dance Studio, PEBE 132.
ContributorsChapman, Eric (Creator, Performer) / Forrest, McKenna (Creator, Performer) / Fischbeck, Hannah (Creator, Performer) / Gastelo, Gabriel (Creator, Lighting designer, Performer) / Salcido, Alejandro (Creator, Lighting designer, Performer) / Hernandez, Martha Patricia (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Jones, Peter (Musician) / Bradley, LaTefia (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer, Dancer) / Ndegeocello, Me'Shell (Musician) / Catron, Jade (Dancer, Performer) / Goodloe, Mallary (Dancer) / Munoz, Jessica (Dancer, Performer) / Rivera, Paola (Dancer, Performer) / Starner, Codi (Choreographer, Lighting designer) / Still, Katharine (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Kelly, Anthony James (Choreographer, Performer) / Rhymes, Busta (Musician) / Calvano, Jourdan (Performer) / Mihalcescu, Anca (Performer, Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Montoya, Reyna (Performer) / Pellegrino, Laura (Performer, Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Thompson, Michal (Performer) / Cooper, Hannah (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Rota, Nino (Musician) / Bartholomew, Jessica (Performer) / Edwards, Allison (Performer) / Gonzales, Anthony (Performer, Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Lopez, Cassidy (Performer) / Adams, Alex (Choreographer) / Koch, Carolyn (Lighting designer, Production manager) / Adair, Alex (Performer) / Ford, Keri (Performer) / Sammons, Rylee (Performer) / Uchytil, Shiersten (Performer) / Vago, Haley (Performer) / Stephens, Alexis (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Zimmer, Hans (Musician) / Cruz, Devin (Performer) / Dorvel, Kayla (Performer) / LeBlanc, Casey (Performer) / Norris, Sarah (Performer) / Reis, Ashley (Performer) / Dove, Simon (Artistic director) / Rex, Melissa S. (Technical director) / Benard, Jacqueline (Costume designer) / Mihaleva, Galina (Costume designer) / Callie, Katy (Artistic director)
Created2012
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The ASU School of Dance presents Graduate Projects Showing, April 4-5, with works by dance graduate students, performed at Margaret Gisolo Dance Studio, PEBE 132.
ContributorsPellegrino, Laura (Performer, Costume designer, Set designer) / Ullom, Kathryn (Performer, Costume designer, Set designer, Sound designer, Artistic director) / Benard, Jacqueline (Costume designer) / Akerly, Julie (Choreographer, Musician, Costume designer, Videographer, Performer) / LeBlanc, Casey (Choreographer) / Rivera, Paola (Choreographer) / Salcido, Alejandro (Lighting designer, Performer) / Dorvel, Kayla (Choreographer, Performer) / Groom, Chloe (Choreographer, Performer) / Pietruszka, Emily (Choreographer, Performer) / Finlayson, Kelsey (Choreographer, Costume designer, Videographer, Performer) / Richter, Max (Musician) / Barrett, Kristen (Performer) / Bartholomew, Jessica (Performer) / Edmonds, Hallie (Performer) / Waxlax, Kenze (Performer) / Wall-MacLane, Laurel (Choreographer, Sound designer, Costume designer, Performer) / Kelly, Anthony James (Lighting designer, Performer) / Waugh, Whitney (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Cheney, Bethany (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Reich, Steve (Musician) / Nicolai, Carsten (Musician) / Koch, Carolyn (Lighting designer, Production manager) / Muhammah-Hays, Ajah (Performer) / Kerr, Elena (Performer) / Montoya, Reyna (Performer) / Pulliam, Gracie (Performer) / Stein, Denise A. (Choreographer, Composer, Lighting designer, Costume designer, Performer) / Tankian, Serj (Composer) / Malakian, Daron (Composer) / Karlsson, Christian (Composer) / Winnberg, Pontus (Composer) / Wyatt, Andrew (Composer) / DeWitt, Inertia (Conceptor, Videographer, Performer) / Catron, Jade (Performer) / Munoz, Jessica (Performer) / Singleton, Kiah (Performer) / Rex-Flint, Melissa S. (Technical director) / Pourzal, Kristopher K. Q. (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Rombi, Philippe (Composer) / Dessay, Natalie (Musician) / Crissman, Angel (Choreographer, Musician, Lighting designer, Costume designer, Performer) / Ragsdale, Tricia (Choreographer) / Ray, Johnny (Musician) / Reis, Ashley (Performer) / Stephens, Alexis (Performer) / Redondo, Steven (Performer) / Wardarski, Jessie (Performer) / Veigh, Joshua (Performer) / Peterson, Britta Joy (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Edwards, Allison (Performer) / Gastelo, Gabriel (Performer) / Goodson, Naomi (Performer) / Groom, Léla (Performer) / Levin, Felicia (Performer) / Rodriguez, Juan (Performer) / Dove, Simon (Artistic director)
Created2012
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The ASU School of Dance presents The Dance Annual, March 2-4, with works by dance faculty, alumni, graduate, undergraduate, and visiting artists, performed at the Galvin Playhouse Theatre.
ContributorsGonzales, Anthony (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer, Performer) / Law, Cullen Arthur (Musician) / Koch, Carolyn (Lighting designer, Production manager) / Benard, Jacqueline (Costume designer) / Cooper, Hannah (Performer) / Giordano, Erin (Performer) / Goodson, Naomi L. (Performer) / Konzal, Michaela (Performer) / Lopez, Cassidy (Performer) / Pellegrino, Laura (Performer, Choreographer, Film editor, Costume designer, Set designer) / Pietruszka, Emily (Performer) / Rodriguez, Juan (Performer, Choreographer, Lighting designer) / Wall-MacLane, Laurel (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Chapman, Eric (Performer) / Kelly, Anthony James (Performer) / Montoya, Reyna (Performer) / Munoz, Jessica (Performer) / Nunn, Jasmine (Performer) / Singleton, Kiah (Performer) / Rex, Melissa S. (Lighting designer, Technical director) / Peterson, Britta Joy (Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Vining, Robin (Composer) / Groom, Léla (Costume designer, Performer) / Forest, McKenna (Performer) / Levin, Felicia (Performer) / Sykes, Cleo (Performer) / Bartholomew, Jessica (Performer) / Crissman, Angel (Performer) / Edwards, Allison (Performer) / Gastelo, Gabriel (Performer) / Stein, Denise A. (Performer, Choreographer, Lighting designer, Costume designer) / Gersony, Alyssa (Choreographer, Costume designer, Performer) / Ford, Mary (Lighting designer) / Schupp, Miss Karen (Choreographer) / Page, Martin (Composer) / Fairweather, Brian (Composer) / Thornton, Trevor (Composer) / Richardson, Chris (Composer) / Yellman, Billy (Composer) / Arredondo, Julie (Performer) / Bouey, Billie-Joe "J." (Performer) / Burk, Ashley (Performer) / Matthews, Emily (Performer) / Vago, Haley (Performer) / Witzke, Nikki (Performer) / Standley, Eileen (Choreographer) / Kyriakides, Yannis (Musician) / Moor, Andy (Musician) / Mihaleva, Galina (Costume designer) / Ling, Amanda (Performer) / Handel, George Friederic (Composer) / Catron, Jade (Performer) / Alvarez, Emily (Musician) / Dove, Simon (Artistic director)
Created2012
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The ASU School of Dance presents Fabrications, January 27-28, with works by undergrad students, performed in PEBW 139 and 140.
ContributorsBocchino, Corinne (Choreographer, Performer) / Gersony, Alyssa (Choreographer, Lighting designer) / Arredondo, Julie (Performer) / Bartholomew, Jessica (Performer) / Garibay, Elisa (Performer) / Steinken, Brigitte (Performer)
Created2012