Defining One\u27s Artistic Identity: A Ten-Week Movement Exploration is a choreographic research thesis that explores what it is to be an artist, and how one discovers and defines their artistic identity. For ten consecutive weeks, I spent every day exploring movement, filming myself, and creating dance work. I then edited all of the dance footage I filmed into a collaborative video presentation that demonstrates the process I went through in overcoming my self judgement and discovering my creative abilities. During this experience, I filmed five days a week, blogged daily, and posted my weekly video updates on Youtube. I incorporated the work and study of artists of all mediums in this project, from dancers, musicians, writers, poets, and ...