UC San Diego

ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

"Themselves Becoming":

A Dance Film Exploring Authenticity in Movement

by

Lisa Frank

Master of Fine Arts in Theatre and Dance (Dance Theatre)

University of California, San Diego, 2015

Professor Patricia Rincon, Chair

"Themselves Becoming": A Dance Film Exploring Authenticity in Movement is a dance study that investigates human vulnerability, authenticity and healing through the work of Authentic Movement, Reiki and video explorations. This investigation asks the question, "What is dance, and what can it be?" Through a series of one-on-one sessions with people from diverse backgrounds and of diverse ages and occupations, the research opens participants up to experience the possibilities of what movement is and can be to them.