Semester
Spring
Date of Graduation
2008
Document Type
MFA Creative Writing Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Department
English
Committee Chair
Mark Brazaitis
Abstract
Theme and Variation is a section of a novel about a young ballet dancer, Miranda Adams, and her coming of age as young ballerina in a regional ballet company. The product of divorced parents who often put their own lives and cares above her, Miranda finds her identity in her role as young ballerina. Influenced by a summer at the prestigious School of American Ballet, and further pushed by her own ambitions, Miranda sets her sights on nothing less than a successful career, and through her negotiations through the ranks of Ballet Indiana, the reader gets an insiders view into both the physically and psychologically demanding world of professional dance. This manuscript represents the first 6 chapters of the novel and includes a critical preface that discusses influences and the writer's process.
Recommended Citation
Nicholson, Renee K., "Theme and Variation" (2008). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 4410.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/4410
Embargo Reason
Permanent Embargo – MFA Creative Writing