Title
Matindi
Date of Award
Summer 8-11-2017
Author Requested Restriction
Restrict to UW for 2 years - then make Open Access
Work Type
Masters Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Interdisciplinary Studies (MA)
Department
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
First Advisor
Sarah Dowling
Second Advisor
Rebecca Brown
Abstract
How does one adjust from a freeness of movement to a limitation of pain? There is vulnerability and honesty in the space between anger and acceptance, between sadness and rage, between dance and disease, between captivity and flying. Matindi is an experimental memoir that explores pain and illness through the lens of Filipino mythology and folk dance, set within some of the folk dances from the southern island of Mindanao, whose dances capture the movement of water, an epic battle between cats and hawks, spirits disguised as butterflies, allure, earthquake, to illustrate the challenges of showing your form in the face of adversity.
Recommended Citation
Hackett, Liezel Moraleja, "Matindi" (2017). MAIS Projects and Theses. 54.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/ias_masters/54
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