This artistic research project is concerned with the function of gesture in traditional Vietnamese music. One of the aims is to investigate the social function and meaning of musical gesture in this traditional culture. The findings will be subject to a critical reading from a gender perspective. From this point of departure, I will attempt to expand the expressive scope of my performance, both in the context of traditional music and also in experimental projects.


The research questions that emerge from these conceptual and artistic aims are:

 

How does my performance in traditional contexts relate to conventional gender norms?

How can experimental musical practice, that questions and alters the choreography of my performance, become a vehicle for challenging current gender norms?


You find here the online part of the thesis which contains:

the documentary film The Culture Soldiers.

the expositions of four artistic projects Inside/Outside, Nam Mái, Vodou Vibrations, and Arrival Cities: Hanoi. 

the pdf. file of the printed thesis.

 

 

 

 

Doctoral Studies and Research in Fine and Performing Arts

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Nguyễn Thanh Thủy