Paradox

dc.contributor.advisor Fisher, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.advisor Bhatawadekar, Sai
dc.contributor.author Cota, Alaina Jane
dc.contributor.department Dance
dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-11T00:20:38Z
dc.date.available 2023-07-11T00:20:38Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.degree M.F.A.
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10125/105116
dc.subject Dance
dc.subject Bipolar Disorder Type 2
dc.subject Contemporary
dc.subject Dance
dc.subject Mental Illness
dc.subject Psychology
dc.title Paradox
dc.type Thesis
dcterms.abstract Paradox is a 15 minute contemporary dance choreographic live performance that explores mutually opposed and inconsistent forces that are logically unacceptable and self-contradictory. Paradox featured seven dancers, designed lighting, specially edited pre-recorded music, one soloist and one demi-soloist. Paradox is the exploration of how the inside of the brain functions while suffering from bipolar disorder type 2. Six dancers move and function as the inside of the brain, signifying the neurons, synapses, as well as electrical and chemical signals under invasion of bipolar disorder type 2. One dancer represents the person with this dysfunctional brain and one dancer signifies the entity of bipolar disorder type 2. From the start to finish of Paradox, the viewers witness an interpretation of one manic depressive episode. The choreography was presented as part of the Merge dance concert on April 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th 2023, at the Earle Ernst Lab Theatre, at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
dcterms.language en
dcterms.publisher University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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