Theses/Dissertations from 2025
Subjectivity: Exploring Transformation Within Historical Form, Danae McWatt (2025)
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Threads: a dance dialogue of love and longing, Lisa Carina Fourmyle (2024)
Double tap: the curation of self, Kristen Lee (2024)
Chita Rivera: an examination of her influence on jazz and contemporary dance through past, present, and future perspectives, Kijaunta Lucas (2024)
Liminal spaces: moving meditation with bodies and clay, Marissa Marquardson (2024)
The rite of movement: the creation of John, Sarah Allison McCann (2024)
Cunningham: Change, a Legacy Continues, Mandy Salva (2024)
Savor: A Multisensory Event Fusing Dance and Culinary Arts, Jocelyn Smith (2024)
Embodying an Ethic of Care: Dance and the Question of Imprisonment, Lauretta Tarara (2024)
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
On the Way to Maturity, Mikhail Ilyin (2023)
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Embedded Memories & Community Imprints : The Scars that Live Within Us, Marisa F. Ballaro (2022)
Layered : A Film that Investigates Dance, Installation and Location, Andrea Burr (2022)
Viewpoints on Motherhood, Margot de La Barre (2022)
What Do You See When You Look At Me? : An Exploration of Identity, Personal Stories, Perceptions of Others and Looking Beyond the Surface, Lara Friedman-Kats (2022)
Ascending from Dust : The Ring Shout, Morgan Hawkins (2022)
Breath and Intention : An Exploration of Movement Clarity Within the Ballet Form, Rebecca Herrin (2022)
間 Between Heaven and Earth - An Immersive Installation, Jennifer Leung Johnson (2022)
Something Borrowed, Something New : A Cognitive and Experiential Exploration of the Creative Process, Joyce Lo (2022)
Percussive Roots : Cross-Cultural Connections and Honoring Heritage, Jacob Madsen (2022)
Coming Out : An Exploration of Fassinger’s Model of Sexual Identity Through Jazz Dance, Michael McCarthy (2022)
Literary Women : A Choreographic Exploration of Characters in Feminist Fiction, Jacqueline Millán (2022)
Plasticized : A Dance Film, Claudio Ribeiro da Silva (2022)
(Re) Membering Forwards : Excavating and Embodying Cultural Memory, An Afro-Diasporic Dance Film Rendition, Rosalinda Rojas (2022)
Isolation : A Dansical Film of Storytelling and Collaborative Exploration, Lauran Stanis (2022)
Be Apart or Be A Part : An Exploration of the Circle Dance Form as a Means for Human Connection and Healing, Stephanie R. White (2022)
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Re-envisioning Sections of Anything Goes to Address Gender Identity, Laurena Barros (2020)
The Evolution of Latin Jazz Music and Dance : Under the Skin, Teresa Perez Ceccon (2020)
Beloved : An Immersive Theater Experience, Caitlin Dutton-Reaver (2020)
Lineage and Legacy : Horton Through the Ailey Lens, Then and Now, Lakey Evans-Peña (2020)
The Spaces Between : Reimagining and Rebuilding Sokolow’s Slaughter of the Innocents, Samantha Géracht (2020)
Sanctuary : Shaping Frames and Shifting Perspectives, Lindsey Anne Hanson (2020)
A Choreographic Exploration of Bullying Through Contemporary Dance, Mark A. Harootian (2020)
Identity Stories : Cultural Imprints on the Body, Alexis Kamitses (2020)
Womens’ Bodies, Womens’ Stories : A Multi-Media Reflection on Fertility and Childbearing, Rebekka Nodhturft (2020)
When Kumbhakar Swallowed a Dead Dog : A Diasporic Rendering of the Reamker, Emmanuele Phuon (2020)
Tap Dance : The Heartbeat of American Dance Culture, John Scacchetti (2020)
Somatic Awareness and Meaning-Making in Choreography, Candice Schnurr (2020)
Ecokinetics : A Dance Film Inquiry, Jody Sperling (2020)
Physical Listening : The Influence of the Black Arts Movement on Free Jazz-Inspired Movement, Lauren Putty White (2020)
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Before Talkies : The Voice of Gesture, Lauren Baine Ohmer (2019)
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Lessons from Isadora : Re-Examining a Century Old Creative Process to Create New Movement and Expression, Rebecca Allen (2018)
Drume Mi Negrita : A Choreographic Spiritual Journey of the Goddess Yemaya, Beatrice Capote (2018)
Make Way : Jazz Dance in Motion Through Preservation and Towards Innovation, Lisa Harvie Covin (2018)
Tortillas y Lagrimas (Tortillas and Tears), Elisa De La Rosa (2018)
Constructing Meaning in Movement Through its Relationship to Music : A Choreomusical Response to the Sarabande, Lauren Grant (2018)
A Portrait of Imprints Through the Canvas of the Landscape, Amy Walker O’Brien (2018)
The Embodied Dance Project : Body Stories, Allison Pagano (2018)
Footfalls : A Choreographic Exploration of Sensorial Images from T.S. Eliot’s Poem Four Quartets, Tammy Warren Stanford (2018)