Dance Words [Paperback]

A unique collection of the verbal language of dance practioners and researchers. -- The StagePart One The Dance Domain; Chapter 1 The Dance Domain; Chapter 2 Dance People; Part Two The Performer; Chapter 3 The Performer; Chapter 4 The Performer and the Movement; Chapter 5 Technique; Chapter 6 Costume; Part Three Movement; Chapter 7 Movement and the Moving Body; Chapter 8 Dynamics and Timing of Movement; Chapter 9 Space-in-the-Body and the Dancer in Space; Chapter 10 Notation; Part Four Choreography; Chapter 11 Choreographic form; Chapter 12 Some Ensemble, Group, Duo and Solo Dance Concerns; Chapter 13 Choreographic Processes; Part Five The Dance Sound and the Dance Space; Chapter 14 The Dance Sound; Chapter 15 The Sound and the Movement; Chapter 16 The Dance Space; Part Six The Dance Event; Chapter 17 Repertory, Revival, and Tradition; Chapter 18 The Nexus and the Emergence of Style; Chapter 19 Communication; Part Seven Dance Research; Chapter 20 Dance Research;In her unique collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners and researchers, Valerie Preston-Dunlop presents a comprehensive view of people in dance: what they do, their movement, their sound, and the space in which they work - from the standpoint of the performers, choreographers, audiences, administrators, and teachers. The words and phrases of their technical and vernacular languages, which are used to communicate what is essentially a non-verbal activity, have been collected in rehearsal classes and workshops by interviews, and from published sources. In this first collection of its kind Valerie Preston-Dunlop extends her selection of verbal language to include the various social and theatrical domains of dance.USCopyright ? 1995 by Taylor & Francis