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This thesis explores holistic approaches to the performing body. Beginning with the inner world of sensation, I discuss Anna Halprin’s use of emotional geography and associative scoring in her community rituals. In Lawrence “Butch” Morris’ Conductions, I consider the body as score. And in an analysis of Sophia Gubaidulina’s symphony Stimmen… Verstummen…, I describe the use of gesture as it is functions to frame the body as a symbol of transformation. I then describe the affect of these representative methods of composing for the performing body as they manifest in own work, using specific examples from (de)attachment for saxophone quartet.
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| Advisor: | Ghuman, Nalini |
| Commitee: | Parkins, Zeena |
| School: | Mills College |
| Department: | Music - Composition |
| School Location: | United States -- California |
| Source: | MAI 54/05M(E), Masters Abstracts International |
| Source Type: | DISSERTATION |
| Subjects: | Dance, Music |
| Keywords: | Conduction, Gesture, Gubaidulina, Halprin, Morris, Performance |
| Publication Number: | 1589453 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-321-77081-0 |
