College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2024-06-04 07:26:18
Major
Dance
Honors Course
DNCE 457
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2024
Abstract
This project explores parental relationships with a focus on mother-daughter relationships. I want to focus on the attachment between a parent and a child, and how mental illness and abuse from the other parent affect that relationship. This project derives from a deep love for my mother and the changes between us that I noticed as I grew older. I hope to create a choreographed work that explores our relationship with a hope of creating a stronger bond that suits our new relationship and who we are as people now. I want this dance to aid in our reconnection.
I will include academic research on parental relationships that gets integrated into the choreography, but I chose dance as the main method of exploration and research because a research paper alone will not do this topic justice. This topic has emotions, stories, and entire livelihoods involved, and dance is a great way to explore and portray these elements. This project will be an intersection of academic research and the ways choreography can be a medium to bring that research to life.
Research Sponsor
Christine Howe
First Reader
Alec Lytton
Second Reader
Dr. Hillary Nunn
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Marc Reed
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
Delaney, Megan, "“Breathe Easy and Get A Good Night Sleep” : Exploring Parental Relationships in Hardship" (2024). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1852.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1852
Comments
The link to the performances is at the end of the research paper.