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Volcanoes are Wet Holes : a Swell: The Medieval Body in Contemporary Dance
Stockholm University of the Arts, Department of dance.
2018 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor of Fine Arts), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [en]

In this degree project I study the research question: What potential has placing qualities of theMedieval Body in the contemporary dance field in Northern Europe today?I study the potential of placing a historical body within the contemporary dance field today in orderto recognise the subjectiveness of how I have been taught that my body is constituted. Myunderstanding of my body is so deeply rooted in western anatomy, that I wanted to focus on sourcesform precisely that. So I found the medieval body; a body filled with liquids and shaped by andwithin the world.1In this Degree Project I study qualities of the Medieval Body and how that caninform my dancing rather than studying the whole Medieval Society as such. I have been strugglingwith how to acknowledge the injustices of the Middle Ages and still embrace qualities in theunderstanding of the body from that time. In addition, I study the shift from the Medieval Body to afunctional body. I find the functional body difficult to relate to, since I believe my body and identityis fluid and expressive. I discuss the capital value that came with the Industrial body and how thefluid and porous Medieval Body became illegal. Since the beginning of this project I have foundmany similarities between physical practices that I have encountered in the contemporary dancefield in Northern Europe today and qualities of the Medieval Body.For the physical presentation I studied qualities of the medieval body by dancing and writing.I also collaborated with Sofia Herelius to create art-objects called Personified Organs, that wereinitiated as a response to the objectified female, trans and non-binary bodies. In the presentation Irelate to the Personified Organs as my co-performers. I conclude by discussing how this projecthelped me reflect over my understanding of my own bodies (as I am not one thing), on how I uselanguage in relation to bodies and on how to contextualise my position. 

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2018. , p. 28
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Performing Arts
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uniarts:diva-814OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uniarts-814DiVA, id: diva2:1531698
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Dance
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Fine Art
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