Choreographer's Handbook

Name: Choreographer's Handbook
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ISBN: 9780415555302

ISBN-10: 0415555302

ISBN-13: 9780415555302

Edition: 2010

Authors: Jonathan Burrows

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Book details

List price: $26.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 5/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Dancing Principles


Material


Habits


Repetition


Repetition


Repetition


Improvisation


Cut and paste


Choreography


Form


Exploration


Risk


Subject


Inspiration


Stealing


Familiar movement


Choreography


Referencing other sources


Self-expression


Contract


Performance space


Language


Choreography


Breaking the rules


Research


How and what?


Dramaturgy


Theory


Curiosity


Interview


Unfinished business


Questions


Principles


Financial limitations


Studios


Funding applications


Preparation


Rehearsal schedule


Heaviness


Collaboration


Audience


Originality


Paradox


Technique


Parrot on your shoulder


Authenticity


Daily practice


Dancing


Style


Fiddling


Virtuosity


Hoarding


Beginnings


Endings


Keeping it going


Pacing


Dub reggae


Rate of change


Simple material


Desperation


Stillness and silence


Fear of being boring


Minimal and maximal


Does it work?


Showings


Mentoring


Other bodies


States


Distracting the self


Paradox


Choreography


Performance


Electric guitars


Predictable and unpredictable


Expectation


Narrative


Ballet


Continuity


Continuity


Sectional pieces


Material


Make six things


Choreography


Flow


Relation


Relation


Solos, duos, trios, quartets


Ideas


Relation


Time


Rhythm


Time


Abstract dance


Counterpoint


Formal elements


Difference


Scores


Studios


Improvisation


Chance


Empty hands


Gamut of movements


Limitations


Laborious work


Philosophy


Place or space?


Audience


Facing the front


Confrontation


Humour


Failure


Audience


Performance


Principles


The marketplace


Earning a living


Administrating the work


Commissions


Music


Collaboration


Silence


Text


Lighting


Technicians


Collaboration


Costumes


Shoes or no shoes?


Set design


Nudity


Titles


Filming


History


Collaboration


Mirrors


Human-scale


Hierarchies


Dancer or choreographer?


In it or out of it?


Who owns what?


How can I simplify all of this?


Forget all this


Bibliography


Thanks


Biography of the author


Index