Hierarchy of Comfort

Author

Stephanie Maher, Smith College

Publication Date

2015

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

MFA

Department

Dance

Advisors

Chris Aiken

Abstract

This event pursues the difficulty and accessibility of translation and shares the body as our source of intelligence, knowledge, and comfort by actively extending and participating in the context of how we witness performance.

Choreography

Stephanie Maher

Music

Jimmy Giuffre, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Bonobo and live Clarinet with Jake Wise

Texts

Stephanie Maher, Joseph Beuys

Concept, Set Design, & Costumes

Stephanie Maher

Dancers and Choreographic Collaborators:

Barbie Diewald, Stephanie Maher, Jen Polins, Peter Schmitz, Kate Seethaler, Jake Wise

Note: This thesis is a video of choreography and performance.

Rights

©2015 Stephanie Maher Access limited to the Smith College community and other researchers while on campus. Smith College community members also may access from off-campus using a Smith College log-in. Other off-campus researchers may request a copy through Interlibrary Loan for personal use.

Comments

This thesis is part of the MFA Thesis Dance Concert "The Wolf Pack."

Recommended Citation

Maher, Stephanie, "Hierarchy of Comfort" (2015). Masters Thesis, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/dan_etd/2