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| Preface | |
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| Featured Artists and Works: Alonzo King | |
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| Featured Artists and Works: Dwight Rhoden | |
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| How to Use the DVD | |
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| Dance Composition Basics DVD Menu | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Body: Exploring the Ways We Move | |
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| Impulse: Origins of Movement | |
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| Phrase: Linking Movements | |
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| Gesture: Personal Vocabulary of Movement | |
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| Shape: Body Design | |
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| Problem Solving: Creating a Solo | |
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| Space: Exploring the Expanse We Move In | |
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| Air and Floor Pathways: Mapping the Route | |
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| Diagonals: From Corner to Corner | |
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| Symmetry: Balancing Shapes | |
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| Positive and Negative Space: Sharing a Shape | |
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| Balance: Supporting Each Other | |
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| Imitation: Reflecting Each Other | |
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| Problem Solving: Creating a Duet | |
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| Time: Exploring Tempo | |
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| Slow Motion: Dancing in Reverie | |
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| Speed: Learning to Dance Quickly | |
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| Pacing: Combining Different Pulses | |
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| Accelerating: How Fast Can It Go? | |
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| Problem Solving: Creating a Trio | |
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| Energy: Force Generating Movement | |
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| Inertia: Readiness to Move | |
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| Opposites: Contrasting Energies | |
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| Dynamics: Qualities of Movement | |
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| Intensity: Increasing and Decreasing Force | |
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| Problem Solving: Creating a Small-Group Composition | |
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| Choreographic Devices: Creating Finished Compositions | |
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| Call and Response: Antiphonal Movement | |
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| Canon: Dancing in Unison a Few Counts Apart | |
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| Directional Mirroring: Parallel Reflecting and Reverse Reflecting | |
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| Variation: Interweaving and Varying Patterns | |
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| Problem Solving: Creating a Movement Suite | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |