How to stage sexual violence from a post victim perspective?

Tuulia Soininen

Fontys & Codarts, Master Choreography COMMA, Master Arts, Cohort 4: 2023–2025

8.5.2025


Research mentor: Mariella Greil

Artistic mentor: Elina Pirinen

Study facilitator: Soosan Gilson


This exegesis consists of a foreword, glossary, five chapters and an afterword. You can access the chapters by scrolling to the right and clicking on the headers on this starting page. The main chapters can be read in any order you prefer. By hovering over the headers, you will see a short content description. 

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Appendix

  • Sexual violence statistics
  • Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale
  • Porn: the gaze, body and ethics – interview with Glitcher about Porn Horror Musical 2
  • Bodies, boundaries and authenticity, dance and intimacy coordination – interview with Saskia Oidtmann
  • Lyrics in After


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Abstract

This exegesis discusses staging sexual violence from the post victim perspective within the context of contemporary dance and artistic research. It addresses the topic with feministic and autoethnographic approaches as a means to expand narrow victim narratives and proposes more complex and nuanced artistic language. This research highlights the need for ethical frameworks in dance and calls for new methodologies to support such work. 

Foreword

Glossary

Afterword