As part of my capstone, I conducted interviews with five different women and recorded their stories. The categories of the women were:

Ball State Athlete 

Suicidal

Military 

Domestic Abuse 

Ball State Dance Major

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I asked each woman the same six questions:

Do you feel supported by those around you?

How confident have you been feeling with your capabilities recently?

Would you consider yourself mentally healthy?

When do you experience negative self-talk?

Have you experienced a traumatic event in your life?

If you were to assign a color to everything you just told me, what would it be?

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An important aspect of my piece is showing that the stories overlap in various ways. Everyone, no matter what path they are traveling on, experiences some form of negative self-talk. So, I rearranged sections of the interviews in a way that would allow me to show the intertwined connections. Improvisation was largely the tool I used to choreograph the piece. I would let my body react in the moment to the interview recordings. This gave me the opportunity to have a natural and human-like quality to my dancing.

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