Embodied spectacle: an exploration of three-dimensional performance

This thesis chronicles a theoretical and creative journey through dance as a three-dimensional performance environment. I follow in the footsteps of architectural historians and psychologists as I propose that the performance experience is affected by its structural frame. My desire to create a performance experience which is three-dimensional, unique, and unpredictable is contextualized by a study of 20th century choreographers. The interactive performance landscape becomes a metaphor for community engagement and a symbol for diverse perspectives, as audience-participants enter into the embodied spectacle of my thesis work, I believe in outer space.