Browsing by Author "Rostedt, Pilvi"

The aim of this study was to design a costume for a Christian dancing group, and also to discuss clothing principles, which need to be taken into consideration in a Christian context. The idea was that the material produced in this study and design process, could also be used by other Christian dancing groups in their problems related to clothing. The research question is: What kind of costume is suitable for Christian dancers? This study was carried out as a design project. In the designing group there were nine members, who are all Christian dance enthusiasts in need of dancing costumes. In the iterative design process the modelling and evaluating of the costume alternated. In the process, I partly applied collaborative design. During the design process and evaluation the costume was analyzed according to the FEA-model, which includes the aspects of functionality, expressiveness, aesthetics, and culture. At the end of the process, the dancing group had a model of a versatile costume, which the dancers found very acceptable. Members of the design group are able to utilize this material later on when designing new costumes. This research will benefit the growing number of Christian dancers, Christian dancing in general and also reflection on the relation of dancing, clothing and Christian faith.