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Measured motion: rhythm as the common denominator in hip hop creative practices
Description
With this document I will discuss and reflect upon the performance and art exhibition show which I presented as part of my MFA thesis at the MonOrchid Gallery in Phoenix, Arizona on February 10, 2017. The approach to my thesis comes from my perspective as a Hip Hop practitioner exploring the relationship between each artistic discipline that makes up Hip Hop. Through this lens I will show the knowledge that is built from both individual and the conventional collective understandings of Hip Hop. As a practitioner for over 20 years, Hip Hop has molded my mind to be multifaceted, giving me a strong interest in art making as a collaborative process. I believe the more you see the relationship between each medium, the more that connection manifests a larger cognizance for where these art forms can progress. The relationship between all of the mediums involved creates a rhythm; it is the understanding of rhythm that can connect all types of art. When you are able to understand the process of rhythm as a through line, you will be able to create from your own personal rhythmic qualities in all things. This paper will delve into how my thesis performance incorporated not only music production and dance, but the written form of Hip Hop culture (Writing), identity, and the fundamentals of design. I will use the discussion of these forms to explore the similarities of meaning in movement-making behind B-boying, the most fundamental aspect of visual art and in body forms within Hip Hop. My aim was to research what we (the dancers and myself) learned from the movement in conjunction with Writing. I will discuss how many ways this can be beneficial to exploring new interdisciplinary creative collaborations with
design, visual art, choreography, sculpture, and architecture. Rhythm is the connective tissue between these disciplines in Hip Hop culture.
Date Created
2017
Contributors
- Denaro, Anthony (Author)
- Standley, Eileen (Thesis advisor)
- Kaplan, Robert (Committee member)
- Grimes, Sabela D. (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
vii, 24 pages : illustrations (some color)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.44282
Statement of Responsibility
by Anthony Denaro
Description Source
Viewed on October 31, 2017
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full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.F.A., Arizona State University, 2017
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 24)
Field of study: Dance
System Created
- 2017-06-01 02:06:33
System Modified
- 2021-08-26 09:47:01
- 3 years 3 months ago
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