{"id":31472,"date":"2010-06-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/researchdev\/2010\/06\/22\/theatre-studies-student-wins-university-wide-thesis-prize-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T14:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T19:40:43","slug":"theatre-studies-student-wins-university-wide-thesis-prize-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/2010\/06\/22\/theatre-studies-student-wins-university-wide-thesis-prize-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre studies student wins University-wide thesis prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claire Wynveen (MFA \u201909) is the first student on record in the Department of Theatre to be awarded a thesis prize by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Her thesis encompassed her performance in the Theatre @ York production of Peter Barnes\u2019 macabre satire <em>The Bewitched<\/em> (see <em>YFile<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/archive\/index.asp?Article=12374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 7, 2009<\/a>) as well as a written paper titled \u201cSmashing the Psychophysical Dam: Exploring Fear and Release in <em>The Bewitched<\/em>\u201d and an oral defence. It was on the strength of this three-pronged research project that she was recommended and ultimately <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/photos\/20100622\/claireheadshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"8\" vspace=\"8\" width=\"350\" height=\"285\" align=\"right\" \/>selected for the highly competitive prize.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Right: Claire Wynveen<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The examining committee that nominated Wynveen for the honour unanimously found her thesis exceptional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire\u2019s performance, paper and oral were so outstanding that it seemed to all of us it would be criminal not to recommend it for nomination for the prize,\u201d said Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/finearts\/faculty\/profs\/batdorf.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Erika Batdorf<\/a>. \u201cI can honestly say that I have never seen such a comprehensive and complete performance and paper. The mastery is in the way each of the elements supports the others so fully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the direction of Nigel Shawn Williams, Wynveen performed the role of the fanatical and ruthless Queen Mariana of Austria in <em>The Bewitched<\/em>. In Barnes\u2019 nightmarish recreation of late-17th-century Spain, Mariana is the ruling force behind her grotesquely inbred, imbecilic and impotent son, King Carlos II. The power struggle between her and her son\u2019s wife is one of the most dramatic plot lines in the complex play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne remarkable aspect of Claire\u2019s thesis research is the extent to which she was able to translate historical details into her process of constructing the character \u2013 translating from intellectual insight to embodiment with admirable facility and sensitivity,\u201d said Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/finearts\/faculty\/profs\/wylam.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lisa Wolford Wylam<\/a>, director of York\u2019s Graduate Program in Theatre Studies and a member of Wynveen\u2019s examining committtee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer accomplishment goes beyond completing the relatively straightforward task of background research, in that she demonstrated a sophisticated ability to select among myriad details those that could best facilitate characterization, as well as to lucidly articulate the process by which her historical analysis nourished her studio work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/fes\/faculty\/fulltime\/profiles\/FordSmithHonor.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Honor Ford-Smith<\/a> from the Faculty of Environmental Studies, who likewise served on Wynveen\u2019s thesis committee, found Wynveen\u2019s description of her research-to-performance process most illuminating, with the potential to be a \u201cvery useful resource for young actors struggling to understand what the creative process involves.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"8\" width=\"200\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/photos\/20100622\/BewitchedClaireWynveen(left)withCourtneyBrownsmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"297\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Above: Claire\u00a0Wynveen (left) with Courtney Smith in the Theatre @ York production of Peter Barnes\u2019 macabre satire <em>The Bewitched<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u201cClaire\u2019s main contribution is a careful narrative of how one actress approaches the challenges of translating key theories of Western acting into daily practice,\u201d said Ford-Smith. \u201cThe thesis narrates precisely and evocatively how she develops her own practice. She explains clearly the psychological, observational and physical work which she undertakes in order to create the role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe tells the story of how the character gradually emerges within the player, and how she recognizes and supports the growth of the role within her. She draws on critical self-reflection, her own personal relationships, physical exercises, everyday activities and the work of other directors, writers and performers to validate and develop her process. Claire also proposes many useful exercises for the actor such as mask work, yoga, journaling and voice exercises to develop her approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis dissertation is an excellent example of how actors learn and how process can be a form of praxis-based education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wynveen was surprised and delighted to learn last month that she had won a thesis prize. \u201cIt validated my opinions that theatre is important for community-building and that the study of acting can provide useful benefits to academic institutions and society at large,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Since graduating last spring, Wynveen has been putting this philosophy, her stage experience and research to good use. She recently completed a nine-month contract with Classical Theatre Project, a Toronto-based company that produces classical theatre for high-school students. Her work with the company included performing Juliet in <em>Romeo and Juliet <\/em>and Ophelia in <em>Hamlet<\/em>, understudying Lady Macbeth, and assisting the education director by giving workshops designed to make Shakespeare accessible and engaging for young people.<\/p>\n<p>Wynveen also performs with the newly formed Cowgirl Choir, a 10-member women\u2019s ensemble that gives semi-theatrical performances of old and new country and western songs. The group\u2019s plans include concerts in Toronto this summer and potentially a Canadian tour in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p>As she advances her professional career, Wynveen is grateful to her mentors at York who helped her during her graduate studies. \u201cA special thank you to my thesis advisor Gwen Dobie, who was very supportive during the writing process,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cI would also like to thank the fantastic professors who sat on my thesis defence panel and nominated me for the thesis prize.\u00a0They are all very strong, intelligent and inspiring women and it was a pleasure to share my work with them!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A copy of Wynveen\u2019s thesis is stored at the National Library of Canada and kept in York\u2019s Department of Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><em>Republished courtesy of <\/em><a title=\"YFile, York's  online daily newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\">YFile<\/a><em>\u2013 York University\u2019s daily e-bulletin.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claire Wynveen (MFA \u201909) is the first student on record in the Department of Theatre to be awarded a thesis prize by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. 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