Date of Award
5-8-2015
Access Restriction
Campus Access only Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Dance
School or College
College of Communication and Fine Arts
First Advisor
Lillian Barbeito
Second Advisor
Nickels Duran
Third Advisor
Rosalynde LeB!anc Loo
Abstract
By connecting the mind, body, and breath, yoga possesses the 1mique ability to unlock a dancer's potential as a performer and ultimately, a communicator both with their surroundings and within. It is human nature to constantly search for new perspective and insight; yoga produces this from what those individuals already bring to the table. Yoga requires a rootedness to the earth and feeds off surrounding life. Using yoga as the introductory vessel, the dancers lose themselves in effort, energy, and movement through space. Their heightened awareness allows them to improvise from a different approach; not as strictly as dancers, not as pedestrians, but somewhere in between. Two bodies practicing side by side are not only flowing together. They are dancing together.
Recommended Citation
Wiederaenders, Maury E., "Finding Your Flow; an Exploration of the Symbiotic Relationship between Yoga and Dance" (2015). Dance Undergraduate Theses. 403.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/dance_theses/403
