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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction: Dancing and composing dances | |
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| Dance as art | |
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| The nature of composition | |
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| The material elements | |
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| Methods of construction | |
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| The nature of dance composition | |
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| Teaching dance composition | |
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| The material content - movement and meaning | |
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| The basic language of movement | |
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| Analysing the language | |
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| Choice of content | |
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| Literal movement into dance content | |
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| Exploring a range of movement | |
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| Movement and meaning | |
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| Stylising the material content | |
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| Methods of construction 1 - the beginnings | |
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| Stimuli for dance | |
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| Types of dances | |
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| Mode of presentation | |
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| Improvisation | |
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| Methods of construction 2 - motif into composition | |
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| Arrangement of material | |
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| Form | |
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| What is a motif? | |
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| Development and variation of a motif | |
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| Repetition as a constructional element | |
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| Types of motif | |
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| The dance design in time | |
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| The dance design in space | |
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| Motif in composition | |
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| Methods of construction 3 - motif into composition for a group | |
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| The group as an expressive element | |
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| Motif, development and variation | |
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| The time aspect | |
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| The space aspect | |
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| Methods of construction 4 - the dance form | |
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| Design in time | |
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| Organisation of the form | |
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| Methods of construction 5 - elements of construction | |
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| Motifs | |
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| Repetition | |
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| Variation and contrasts | |
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| Climax or highlights | |
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| Proportion and balance | |
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| Transition | |
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| Logical development | |
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| Unity | |
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| Methods of construction 6 - style | |
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| Understanding the term style | |
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| Factors affecting the style of a dance | |
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| How to stylise a dance | |
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| Methods of construction 7 - improvisation in the process of composition | |
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| Meaning of terms - improvisation and exploration | |
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| Free and limited improvisation | |
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| Improvisation in framework compositions | |
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| Guiding improvisation visually | |
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| Improvisation as process in composition | |
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| The role of evaluation in improvisation | |
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| Methods of construction 8 - alternative and experimental approaches in dance composition | |
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| Meaning of terms | |
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| Alternative movement contents and eclectic trends | |
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| Themes and reading of themes | |
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| Alternative and experimental approaches to dance composition | |
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| The creative process in dance composition | |
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| The creative process | |
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| Phases in creativity | |
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| The creative process in dance composition - an example | |
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| Phase 1 - the impulse to create | |
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| Phase 2 - working with the medium | |
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| Phase 3 - realising the final form | |
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| Phase 4 - presentation and performance | |
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| Phase 5 - response and evalution | |
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| Summary and conclusion | |
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| Resource-based teaching/learning - dance composition | |
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| Resource-based teaching/learning | |
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| New technologies | |
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| Differences in use of DVD and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM technologies | |
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| A CD-ROM resource: Chorographic Outcomes - improving dance composition | |
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| The accompanying DVD | |
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| Resource-based teaching/learning - practical assignments using the DVD | |
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| Resource-based teaching/learning using new technologies | |
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| Resource-based teaching/learning - dance performance | |
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| Performance to deepen understanding of composition | |
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| Aims of this section | |
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| Methods of improving dance performance | |
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| A DVD-ROM resource: Vocalise - improving dance performance | |
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| Resource-based teaching/learning - practical assignments using the DVD | |
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| Section 6 | |
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| The composer's freedom | |
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| Imagination and intuition | |
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| Imagination in relation to the stimulus | |
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| Imagination during composition | |
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| Intuition | |
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| Knowing and feeling | |
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| Evaluations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Technology resources | |
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| Index | |