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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| An Invitation to the Dance | |
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| What Is Dance? | |
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| You Are Always Moving | |
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| To Dance Is Phenomenal | |
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| Talking About Dancing | |
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| Why Study Dance? | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| The Power of Dance | |
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| Why Dance? | |
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| Different Reasons Make Different Dances | |
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| Social Dances: Definitions and History | |
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| Ballet: Definitions and History | |
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| Modern Dance: Definitions and History | |
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| Jazz and Its Cousins, Tap and Musical Theater: Definitions and History | |
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| World Dance | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| How Do You Learn to Dance? | |
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| Learning to Dance and Learning About Dance | |
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| Fundamental Movement Experiences | |
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| What Does It Mean? | |
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| Training, Exploring, and Forming Your Own Style | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Your Moving Body | |
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| The Body Is an Instrument | |
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| Moving Through Space | |
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| Space, Place, and Body Holds | |
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| Realizing the Potential of Your Instrument | |
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| Basic Anatomy | |
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| Accepting and Training Your Body | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| The Laws of (Loco) Motion | |
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| The Elements of Dance | |
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| Dance Elements in Daily Life | |
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| Applying Elements to Dance Training and Choreography | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Time | |
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| The Basics of Time | |
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| Using Time As a Choreographic Tool | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Space | |
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| Level | |
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| Shape | |
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| Direction | |
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| Dimension | |
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| Perspective | |
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| Focus | |
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| Developing Interpersonal Spatial Awareness | |
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| Applying Spatial Awareness to Dance | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Effort | |
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| Finding the Inner Impulse | |
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| There Is Effort in Every Human Movement | |
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| Forces That Affect Movement | |
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| Effort That Reflects These Forces | |
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| Integrating Inner and Outer Forces | |
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| Your Best Effort | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| The Sense of Movement | |
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| Body Intelligence | |
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| Examining Intelligence | |
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| Body Intelligence | |
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| Development of Body Intelligence | |
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| Body Intelligence and Dance | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Your Sense of Style | |
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| Patterns Make Sense | |
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| What Are We Looking at Here? | |
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| What's in a Name? | |
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| Toward a New Vocabulary of Style | |
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| Eastern Versus Western Style | |
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| Body-Mind Comes West | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Patterns of Coordination and Style | |
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| Style and Cultural Code | |
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| Coordination Patterns Help Us Discuss Style | |
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| What's Your Home Base? | |
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| Patterns of Coordination Integrate Body With Mind | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| The Politics of Dancing | |
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| Making a Statement Through Dance | |
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| "Movement Resources I Have Known" | |
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| "Composition Strategies I Have Known" | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| Six Stages of the Creative Process | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Composition | |
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| Function | |
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| Materials | |
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| Audience | |
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| Arranger or Composer? | |
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| The Discovery of Form | |
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| Principles of Composition | |
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| How to Make a Dance | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn to Dance | |
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| Is This Dance Good? | |
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| The Creative Act | |
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| Words of Criticism | |
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| Recognizing, Interpreting, and Creating Relevance | |
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| What Does This Dance Have to Do With Me? | |
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| A Reporter's Evaluation | |
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| Is This a Good Dance? | |
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| Think About It | |
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| Your Turn...to Talk! | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |