The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique
The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique

Author: Murray Louis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1134955804

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This is the definitive resource for understanding and practicing the influential dance technique developed by two pioneers of modern dance, Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis. The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique is presented in a week-to-week classroom manual, providing an indispensable tool for teachers and students of this widely studied movement practice. Theoretical background for further reading is set off from the manual for those interested in deeper study. Their philosophy and methodology span a broad readership and offer an important addition to dance literature and American cultural history.

The Returns of Alwin Nikolais
The Returns of Alwin Nikolais

Author: Claudia Gitelman

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2007-06-04

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780819565761

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Long overdue reflections on a visionary choreographer

Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques
Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques

Author: Joshua Legg

Publisher: Dance Horizons

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780871273253

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Each unit contains core ideas, a series of journaling and discussion topics, improvisation experiments, biographical sketches of the choreographers, and a presentation of-class material. At the end of each chapter, questions and experiments offer basic ideas that you can use to further your understanding of the choreography presented. --

The Illustrated Dance Technique of José Limón
The Illustrated Dance Technique of José Limón

Author: Daniel Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Providing the principles of dance developed by Limon, this book gives the historical and physical aspects of his style and approach to dance that will be of interest to students of dance at every level. It includes exercises that teach the fundamentals of dance, and includes a complete class beginning with floor work and progressing to center exercises and across-the-floor combinations. This replaces 0-06-015185-4.

Harnessing the Wind
Harnessing the Wind

Author: Jan Erkert

Publisher: Human Kinetics

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780736044875

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Illustrated with abstract and imaginative photographs, this is a philosophical guide for the dance field about the art of teaching modern dance. Integrating somatic theories, scientific research and contemporary aesthetic practices, it asks the reader to reconsider how and why they teach.

The Dance Technique of Lester Horton
The Dance Technique of Lester Horton

Author: Marjorie B. Perces

Publisher: Dance Horizons

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13:

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A guide to the principles of dance and training developed by Lester Horton. It includes a foreword by Alvin Ailey, reminiscences of early Lester Horton technique by Bella Lewitzky, and a three-dimensional portrait of the life and work of Lester Horton by Jana Frances-Fischer.

Basic Concepts in Modern Dance
Basic Concepts in Modern Dance

Author: Gay Cheney

Publisher: Dance Horizons Book

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13:

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Presents an overview of the history of modern dance; discusses basic body movement, improvisation, and choreography; and includes illustrated exercises designed to help the dancer learn to use his or her body more effectively.

Butoh Dance Training
Butoh Dance Training

Author: Juju Alishina

Publisher: Singing Dragon

Published: 2015-07-21

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0857012266

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Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history. With practical instruction and fully illustrated exercises, this book teaches readers: · basic body training and expression exercises · exercises to cultivate Qi (energy) and to aid improvisation · about katas (forms) and how to develop your own · the importance of voice, sound and music in Butoh · to collaborate and be in harmony with others · techniques to manipulate time and space · how to develop the imagination and refine the senses to enrich performance. This authentic approach to Japanese dance will be compelling reading for anyone interested in contemporary dance, performance arts, Japanese culture or personal development techniques.

Ungoverning Dance
Ungoverning Dance

Author: Ramsay Burt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0199321930

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Ungoverning Dance examines recent contemporary dance in continental Europe. Placing this in the context of neoliberalism and austerity, it argues that dancers are developing an ethico-aesthetic approach that uses dance practices as sites of resistance against dominant ideologies. It attests to the persistence of alternative ways of thinking and living.