WITH NEVER ENOUGH HAPPENING: THE PROCESS OF EMBODYING MATERIALS, CHOREOGRAPHING TEXTILES, AND DESIGNING COSTUMES THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DANCE MAKING AND PERFORMANCE

Abstract

with never enough happening is a 30-minute interdisciplinary performance that explores the use of materials, textiles, and costumes and their ability to perform and be performed. This dance, alongside this paper, integrates theory and practice, embodiment and materiality, and costume and choreography while positioning identity and cultural perspective within the discourse. By embedding a cultural perspective, this research offers an expanded view of materiality, embodiment, and resourcefulness in choreographic practice. Upon completing this paper and defending its contents, Daniel came to understand he had used Rasquachismo (a Chicano/a aesthetic) as a framework to gather and organize its content. Rasquachismo, a practice of resourcefulness and making the most from the least, shaped his approach. Not as a way to minimize the labor or significance of the work, but as a way of assembling and repurposing the writings, materials, and choreographies developed and co-created over the course of two and a half years. This realization provides both a foundation and direction for future creative and scholarly work.