Making Dance That Matters: Dancer, Choreographer, Community Organizer, Public Intellectual Liz Lerman

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorBradley, Karenen_US
dc.contributor.authorTraiger, Lisaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDanceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-06-04T05:31:25Z
dc.date.available2004-06-04T05:31:25Z
dc.date.issued2004-04-27en_US
dc.description.abstractWashington, D.C.-based choreographer and dancer Liz Lerman, a MacArthur Award recipient, has been making dances of consequence for 30 years. Her choreography, her writing and her public speaking tackle "big ideas" for the dance field and society at large. Lerman articulates those ideas as questions: "Who gets to dance? Where is the dance happening? What is it about? Why does it matter?" This thesis investigates how Lerman has used her expertise as a choreographer, dancer and spokesperson to propel herself and her ideas beyond the tightly knit field into the larger community as a public intellectual. A brief history and overview defines public intellectual, followed by an examination of Lerman's early life and influences. Finally, three thematic areas in Lerman's work -- personal narrative, Jewish content and community-based art -- are explored through the lens of three choreographic works: "New York City Winter" (1974), "The Good Jew?" (1991) and "Still Crossing" (1986).en_US
dc.format.extent1747830 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/1399
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledDanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcommunity artsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledJewish artsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpublic intellectualen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledchoreographyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddance and the communityen_US
dc.titleMaking Dance That Matters: Dancer, Choreographer, Community Organizer, Public Intellectual Liz Lermanen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
umi-umd-1405.pdf
Size:
1.67 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

UMD Theses and Dissertations
Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies Theses and Dissertations