The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques

Author: Melanie Clarke
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785007009
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques explores the multifaceted learning processes and underlying principles behind the technical skills and abilities of a contemporary dancer. The depth and complexity of this challenging sensorial, intellectual, reflective and creative process is presented with clarity, to support every training dancer in achieving the most from their learning experiences. Insights into three major technical forms: Graham technique, Cunningham technique and Release-based technique, reveal the distinct approaches, processes and experiences possible in contemporary dance training. Essential technical and performance considerations are covered, including: breath; alignment; core activation; connectivity; dynamic qualities of motion; use of the body; use of space; action and finally, relationships to the audience. With personal contributions from respected teachers at top dance institutions, this practical guide offers a unique insight into the expectations and processes of professional training classes as well as the success you can achieve with them. With images from real-life technique classes and dynamic performances, this is an essential companion for all contemporary dance students.

The Essential Guide to Contemporary Dance Techniques

Author: Melanie Clarke
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781785006999
Category : Dance
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Explore the multifaceted learning processes and underlying principles behind the technical skills and abilities of a contemporary dancer. The depth and complexity of this challenging sensorial, intellectual, reflective, and creative process is presented with clarity, to support every training dancer in achieving the most from their learning experiences. With contributions from teachers at top dance institutions, this guide offers a unique insight into the expectations and processes of professional training classes

Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques

Author: Joshua Legg
Publisher: Dance Horizons
ISBN: 9780871273253
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Each unit contains core ideas, a series of journaling and discussion topics, improvisation experiments, biographical sketches of the choreographers, and a presentation of-class material. At the end of each chapter, questions and experiments offer basic ideas that you can use to further your understanding of the choreography presented. --

Ballet

Author: Jennifer Jackson
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008315
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
Ballet is a detailed guide to creative practice and performance. Compiled by ten leading practitioners, each chapter focuses on an aspect of ballet as a performing art. Together they outline a journey from the underpinning principles of ballet, through an appreciation of different styles and schooling, into the dance studio for practice in class and beyond. With additional insights from highly acclaimed dancers, choreographers and teachers, this practical guide offers advice on fundamental and advanced training and creative development. As well as providing information from dance science research into training well-being, this book supports the individual dancer in their artistic growth, offering strategies for exploration and discovery. Topics include: principles, styles and schooling of classical ballet; fundamental technique and advanced expression; developing versatility and creative thinking; advice on injury management, nutrition and lifestyle; choreography and music and, finally, best practice in the rehearsal studio is covered. 'A wonderfully accessible and comprehensive resource about the individual disciplines involved in ballet', Leanne Benjamin OBE, former Principal of The Royal Ballet and international coach.

The Illustrated Dance Technique of José Limón

Author: Daniel Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Providing the principles of dance developed by Limon, this book gives the historical and physical aspects of his style and approach to dance that will be of interest to students of dance at every level. It includes exercises that teach the fundamentals of dance, and includes a complete class beginning with floor work and progressing to center exercises and across-the-floor combinations. This replaces 0-06-015185-4.

Basic Concepts in Modern Dance

Author: Gay Cheney
Publisher: Dance Horizons Book
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
Presents an overview of the history of modern dance; discusses basic body movement, improvisation, and choreography; and includes illustrated exercises designed to help the dancer learn to use his or her body more effectively.

The Dance Technique of Lester Horton

Author: Marjorie B. Perces
Publisher: Dance Horizons
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
A guide to the principles of dance and training developed by Lester Horton. It includes a foreword by Alvin Ailey, reminiscences of early Lester Horton technique by Bella Lewitzky, and a three-dimensional portrait of the life and work of Lester Horton by Jana Frances-Fischer.

Jazz Dance Class

Author: Gus Giordano
Publisher: Dance Horizons Book
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 248

Book Description
A highly illustrated reference to all aspects of jazz dance by one of the art's most respected teachers.

Looking at Contemporary Dance

Author: Marc Strauss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780871273543
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Organized chronologically by the decades in which innovators were born or dance organizations were founded, [this history] covers more than 110 choreographers, companies, institutions, and dancers from both modern dance and ballet, and from around the world. Readers can view clips of dances from over 220 Internet search addresses that illustrate the text. Videographies are provided at the end of each chapter for viewing complete dances and documentaries."--P. [4] of cover.

What Makes That Black?

Author: Luana
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483454797
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
We all can name some of the Africanist aesthetic-structures that fuel African American and American art ... Syncopation, Improvisation, Call and Response, Cool, Polyrhythm, or Innovation as an ambition- But there are many, many more. What Makes That Black? The African-American Aesthetic identifies and defines seventy-four elements of the aesthetic through text and illustration. Using the magnificent camerawork of R.J. Muna, Sharen Bradford, Jae Man Joo, Rachel Neville, James Barry Knox, and more- as they point their cameras at Alonzo King LINES Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and jazz artists such as Cécile McLorin Salvant and Wynton Marsalis- a specific artistic consciousness or sensibility visually unfolds. Luana even joins the camera crew as she shoots Oakland Street Graffiti.