Measure in Love

Love is one of the shortest and yet most complex words in the English language. Maria Mikulec explores the concept of love through song, dance and characterization. Mikulec looked for characters who embody the many aspects of... [ view full abstract ]

Love is one of the shortest and yet most complex words in the English language. Maria Mikulec explores the concept of love through song, dance and characterization. Mikulec looked for characters who embody the many aspects of love through physical, vocal, and emotional means.

Over the research process, Mikulec found pieces from the 1920s through today as examples of opposing love. In her presentation, Maria finds the lighter side of love through musical pieces such as, “The Next Ten Minutes” from The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown and the more somber implications as found in “I’ll Be Here” from the musical Ordinary Days by Adam Gwon.

By examining the many facets of this emotion, Mikulec promotes the ribbon, “Caring for humanity and the world”. Mikulec adheres through performing arts, we use our own personal concept of love to balance our unstable world. She believes that love is a means of motivation and success amongst all people regardless of background, which is portrayed in the many characters offered in her research.