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Vivacity:Discovering Zora Through Her Words
| Title: | Vivacity:Discovering Zora Through Her Words. |
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| Name(s): |
Alexander, Kerri, Author Weaver, Earl, Committee Chair Boyd, Belinda, Committee Member StClaire, Sybil, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | In its simplest form, storytelling is the passing of information from one person to the next. When storytelling illuminates time, place and purpose, it is then able to entertain, comfort and transport any listener. As the keeper of the imagination, the storyteller has inspired me as a performer. After reading Zora Neale Hurston's Every Tongue Got to Confess, I found my single-defining connection to the art of storytelling.Halimuhfack ultimately became my thesis performance piece inspired by the folk tales from Every Tongue Got To Confess. The new theatre piece shares Hurston's folk tale the way it may have once been told; in its natural dialect, with the same active physical involvement as if sharing stories with friends. Together, the research of the folk tale, Hurston's anthropological studies, folk songs and narrative from her autobiography aided in the development of the performance piece. In developing this work, I discovered that Hurston's tales were extremely action-oriented and were ideally suited to use in my making of Halimuhfack. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004213 (IID), ucf:49003 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2012-05-01 M.F.A. Arts and Humanities, Theatre Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Zora Neale Hurston -- folktale -- storytelling -- Halimuhfack | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004213 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2012-05-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
