Advocating for Christ through Dance for Camera
Mentor Information
Merry Lynn Morris (School of Theatre and Dance)
Description
The purpose of my research was to combine elements from Christian philosophy, dance, and music to create a Dance for Camera work titled John 3:16, which advocated for people to understand the relationship between man and God. The research was conducted in the Fall of 2020, where I gathered information about Christian philosophy while working on my advocacy speech for a Global Citizens project in my senior seminar course. I choreographed and generated movements based upon my research from my Global Citizens advocacy. I developed movements based on concepts from Christian philosophy such as rebirth and being born again, struggle of human nature, sin and temptations, and fighting against depression and temptation. I used hard rock and rap music from artists like Metallica and Eminem to inform my movement choices. I filmed my movement at the beach because the sand represented unforgiven sins, and the water represented purity-Jesus’s blood washing away sins. I contrasted the beauty of nature designed by God and the beauty of manmade machinery, to merge this idea that as humans we always strive for perfection. I finalized my project by piecing together footage taken at the beach and on campus. I found music and scripture from the bible that would suit the message of my piece and edited it to fit the length of my project. My work, John 3:16, brings awareness of Christian philosophy to the dance and artistic community.
Advocating for Christ through Dance for Camera
The purpose of my research was to combine elements from Christian philosophy, dance, and music to create a Dance for Camera work titled John 3:16, which advocated for people to understand the relationship between man and God. The research was conducted in the Fall of 2020, where I gathered information about Christian philosophy while working on my advocacy speech for a Global Citizens project in my senior seminar course. I choreographed and generated movements based upon my research from my Global Citizens advocacy. I developed movements based on concepts from Christian philosophy such as rebirth and being born again, struggle of human nature, sin and temptations, and fighting against depression and temptation. I used hard rock and rap music from artists like Metallica and Eminem to inform my movement choices. I filmed my movement at the beach because the sand represented unforgiven sins, and the water represented purity-Jesus’s blood washing away sins. I contrasted the beauty of nature designed by God and the beauty of manmade machinery, to merge this idea that as humans we always strive for perfection. I finalized my project by piecing together footage taken at the beach and on campus. I found music and scripture from the bible that would suit the message of my piece and edited it to fit the length of my project. My work, John 3:16, brings awareness of Christian philosophy to the dance and artistic community.
