Composing While Dancing An Improviser's Companion

Name: Composing While Dancing An Improviser's Companion
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ISBN: 9780299248147

ISBN-10: 0299248143

ISBN-13: 9780299248147

Edition: 2010

Authors: Melinda Buckwalter

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Composing while Dancing: An Improviserrs"s Companionexamines the world of improvisational dance and the varied approaches to this art form. By introducing the improvisational strategies of twenty-six top contemporary artists of movement improvisation, Melinda Buckwalter offers a practical primer to the dance form. Each chapter focuses on an important aspect of improvisation including spatial relations, the eyes, and the dancing image. Included are sample practices from the artists profiled, exercises for further research, and a glossary of terms. Buckwalter gathers history, methods, interviews, and biographies in one book to showcase the many facets of improvisational dance and create an…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date: 12/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Materia Prima


Interlude-So Many Influences, So Little Time...



Dancing Takes Shape


Interlude-Notes to Myself: Wait!



Time Machines


Interlude-Notes to Myself: Living Backward



Spatial Relations


Interlude-Ma



The Dancing Image


Interlude-Invisible Dances with Mary Overlie



The Possibilities of Music


Interlude-Notes to Myself: Listening



The Eyes


Interlude-Notes to Myself on Catching It Out of the Corner of My Eye



Partnering Science


Interlude-Notes to Myself on Not Knowing



The Magical Object


Interlude-The Objects Begin to Speak


Epilogue: Developing Your Practice


Meet the Artists: Dancemakers' Biographies


Glossary of People and Terms


Notes


Bibliography


Index