Title of Abstract
They will never be...
Session Title
Global Issues and Terrorism
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department
Theatre & Dance
Faculty Mentor
Kelly Ozust, M.F.A.
Abstract
As a future educator, I am alarmed by the normality of school shootings in American society. These tragedies have been increasing over the last decade and have left many in fear that something as simple as sending a child to school may result in a life lost. My choreographic piece seeks to bring awareness to the issue of school shootings to which our society has become numb. This piece was shaped through research on various school shootings that have forever changed American society. My dancers represent the students we have lost by showcasing their lives and the senseless reasons why they are no longer with us today. The voice that you will hear at the end comes from a letter to parents from an elementary school principal on the third anniversary of that shooting. It is a plea for you and I to work and dream for a society where acts of violence such as these have no place. It is also a reminder to love your students and to care for them because in this world that is truly all we can do.
Course Assignment
DANA 442 – Ozust
Previously Presented/Performed?
Senior Choreography Showcase, Winthrop University, December 2018; American College Dance Association, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, March 2019
Start Date
12-4-2019 3:45 PM
They will never be...
DIGS 114
As a future educator, I am alarmed by the normality of school shootings in American society. These tragedies have been increasing over the last decade and have left many in fear that something as simple as sending a child to school may result in a life lost. My choreographic piece seeks to bring awareness to the issue of school shootings to which our society has become numb. This piece was shaped through research on various school shootings that have forever changed American society. My dancers represent the students we have lost by showcasing their lives and the senseless reasons why they are no longer with us today. The voice that you will hear at the end comes from a letter to parents from an elementary school principal on the third anniversary of that shooting. It is a plea for you and I to work and dream for a society where acts of violence such as these have no place. It is also a reminder to love your students and to care for them because in this world that is truly all we can do.
