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  • Bargained Illusions 
    Golden, Jeff (2012-01-30)
    What is it to be human? It is more than genetic code, more than a belief that we simply exist, more than a classification. But what exactly defines who and what we are? Our actions characterize who we are; our journey ...
  • Be There against Bullying 
    Lytle, Thomas K
    This project and thesis is a prevention and awareness campaign about bullying. What makes this campaign unique is that it utilizes martial arts principals (specifically karate discipline) as a foundation to help prevent ...
  • Behind the Sky 
    Rackley, Christopher (2012-06-18)
    The following document uses photographs of Chris Rackley’s artworks in progress, including pages from his sketchbooks, to give a glimpse into the meandering creative paths taken between ideas and forms. Six pieces from ...
  • Brava, Celes: Shared Narrative Elements in Video Games and Opera as a Framework for Game Appreciation 
    Greenberg, Daniel
    This thesis takes a critical eye to the 1994 title Final Fantasy VI, and in particular, its famous opera scene. Using examples from prior works of opera, the scene is deconstructed in full, and its various literary elements ...
  • Breaking the Cycle: Predicting String Orchestra Recruiting Behaviors with the Theory of Planned Behavior 
    Ammerman, Angela D. (2017)
    This study investigates the influence of string teacher attitudes toward recruiting, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on recruiting behaviors. Between 1962 and 1989 the number of public school string ...
  • Breathing Space 
    DeSaix, Suzanne (2013-02-12)
    Breathing Space is about a journey of developing artistic inquiry that moved from a macro-level sociopolitical focus to an intimate reflection on the impetus for art making. That focus circled back to an enriched perspective ...
  • A Bringing Forth 
    Irvin, Sarah
    My thesis is a selection of actions, objects, and texts made as a response to my experience of pregnancy, giving birth, and caring for my daughter. The actions themselves were time-based performance pieces derived from ...
  • Choreography Guidelines and Best Practices 
    d'Amboise, Christopher (2014-05-22)
    This thesis study examines and reviews the existing literature on choreographic craft and process. In addition, it adds to the existing literature on the subject of choreography including elements of craft, process, ...
  • Claritas: Where Light Meets Form 
    Herce, Clarita M. (2009-07-25)
    This thesis describes how I came to create the body of work for Claritas: An MFA Thesis Exhibition, the culmination of my thesis project at George Mason University. I reflect on the journey that brought me to painting; ...
  • Collude Collide 
    Hendrick, Jay (2015-08-13)
    Collude Collide is primarily a painting exhibition and asks axiological questions about and around painting. The objects ask questions about asking questions. The objects, when seen together are attempts at casting doubt ...
  • Common Devotion 
    Dravenstadt, Danielle Wayne
    My work investigates the role of care in society. I define care as a serious and tender attention to someone or something. Fastening the button on the back of my daughter’s dress without tangling it with her delicate ...
  • The Composition of the Concerto for String Quartet, Wind Instruments and Percussion by Walter Piston 
    Taylor, Mark A. (2014-05)
    With the intent of contributing new research to the body of knowledge on
  • Conscious Objects, Infinite Capacity: A Personal Case Study With Collaborative Dialogue From Art, Neuroscience and Theology 
    Cole McInturff, Cecilia
    This thesis catalog chronologically records in-studio aspects of design, construction, and a substantive major edit of a 2015 sculptural exhibition completing MFA requirements for graduation. Also, it is a case study ...
  • "Country Band" March Historical Perspectives, Stylistic Considerations, and Rehearsal Strategies 
    Arnold, Jermie Steven (2014-05)
    American composer Charles Ives was first and foremost a bandsman. Having been raised in the band world by his father, his first works were for band. Though only four of Ives's original works for band survive, many of his ...
  • Creating Pause: Reset - Fostering Connection Through Dance 
    D'Arcy, Shaun B
    The thesis project, Pause: Reset, was an outdoor dance event that took place at the A. Linwood Holton, Jr. Plaza at George Mason University’s Fairfax campus on April 22, 2021. The 25-minute work was the culmination of ...
  • Creature Alterations, Myth & Transformations 
    Mueller, Johanna (2009-07-25)
    This thesis seeks to describe and illuminate the personal mythology in my work, from my own narrative to the cultural and historical references, pattern and design, ancient myth and legend that inhabit the work. The eight ...
  • Cultivating Readiness: Training a Classical Dancer for Contemporary Dance Movement 
    Windom, Kristina
    The goal of this thesis is to answer this question: “How do classical ballet companies sustain themselves in a twenty-first century society that is attracted to diverse and innovative ideas?” As a teacher of both classical ...
  • Curatorial Manifesto 
    Russell, Donald
    This thesis documents the objectives of my research and curatorial projects exploring the relationship of contemporary art to social change. It describes the concepts and programmatic model of Provisions Library, a resource ...
  • Cyclic and Repetition-Based Structures as Narrative Tools in Golijov’s Ainadamar 
    Chavez, David (2022)
    Osvaldo Golijov’s music borrows musical styles from a wide variety of different cultures to create a distinctive brand of 21st-century storytelling. Ainadamar, his first opera, presents images of the life and death of ...
  • The Dancer–Audience Relationship 
    Torres-Ortiz, Luis R. (2014-10-27)
    This document describes the investigative process of the dancer– audience relationship through the exploration of emotions as movements. I choreographed an eleven minute and forty seconds (11:40) dance piece called Bereave ...

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