A Descriptive Study Of The Process Of Dance Improvisation
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A Descriptive Study Of The Process Of Dance Improvisation
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Author : Endi Suzanne Sherline
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
A Descriptive Study Of The Process Of Dance Improvisation written by Endi Suzanne Sherline and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Choreography categories.
A Study Of The Process Of Improvisation And Its Role In Modern Dance
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Author : Marcia Ruth Schramm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
A Study Of The Process Of Improvisation And Its Role In Modern Dance written by Marcia Ruth Schramm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with categories.
Dance Improvisations
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Author : Joyce Morgenroth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Dance Improvisations written by Joyce Morgenroth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Performing Arts categories.
Dance Improvisations is a book for teachers of dance and acting, choreographers, directors, and dance therapists. Systematically offering a complete range of ways to explore dance, it can be used as a syllabus or as a reference for groups of all ages and all levels of experience. The first chapter in Dance Improvisations introduces ways for a group to practice working together and for the dancers to gain an effective awareness of each other. These preliminaries are followed by a body of improvisational problems, organized into three main areas: Space, Time, and Movement Invention. Each area is presented as a series of topics. Each topic progresses from individual exploration to more formally structured group improvisations, with emphasis on learning to work as a group toward common structural goals. This book is the first in its field to go beyond the pursuit of physical inventiveness to nurture the development of structural intuition. Joyce Morgenroth has succeeded in presenting improvisation in a way that is rational and methodical as well as inventive and personal - in the conviction that improvisation at its best is comprised of both form and fancy.
The Oxford Handbook Of Improvisation In Dance
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Author : Vida L. Midgelow
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2019-02-21
The Oxford Handbook Of Improvisation In Dance written by Vida L. Midgelow and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Performing Arts categories.
From the dance floor of a tango club to group therapy classes, from ballet to community theatre, improvised dance is everywhere. For some dance artists, improvisation is one of many approaches within the choreographic process. For others, it is a performance form in its own right. And while it has long been practiced, it is only within the last twenty years that dance improvisation has become a topic of critical inquiry. With The Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Dance, dancer, teacher, and editor Vida L. Midgelow provides a cutting-edge volume on dance improvisation in all its facets. Expanding beyond conventional dance frameworks, this handbook looks at the ways that dance improvisation practices reflect our ability to adapt, communicate, and respond to our environment. Throughout the handbook, case studies from a variety of disciplines showcase the role of individual agency and collective relationships in improvisation, not just to dancers but to people of all backgrounds and abilities. In doing so, chapters celebrate all forms of improvisation, and unravel the ways that this kind of movement informs understandings of history, socio-cultural conditions, lived experience, cognition, and technologies.
The Moment Of Movement
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Author : Lynne Anne Blom
language : en
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 1988
The Moment Of Movement written by Lynne Anne Blom and has been published by Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Performing Arts categories.
Dance improvisation, the intriguing phenomenon of the creative process alive in the moving body, exists powerfully, sublimely - lending insight, solving problems, allowing moments of transcendence, diversion, and delight. Flourishing especially since the postmodern movement of the 1960s, it has come into its own in the performing arts. While there are many books containing ideas for developing improvisations, few have tackled the difficult questions: “What is dance improvisation?” “How does it work?” or “What is its body of knowledge?” The Moment of Movement goes beyond lists of improvisations and into the heart of improvising. As in their previous book, The Intimate Act of Choreography, the authors pursue both the philosophical and the practical. They begin by examining the creative process as it applies to movement and especially the kinesthetic way in which the body knows and uses movement. They answer the often unstated and pertinent questions of the novice; investigate the particular skills and traits needed by the leader; consider ways of working with specific populations; and provide challenging material for advanced movers. They discuss the use of music, and the specific situation of improvisation in performance. For leaders who want to design their own improvisations, they trace the evolution of an idea into an actual content and structure. They also address the controversial issue of the legitimacy of improvisation in an academic curriculum. A final chapter presents hundreds of improvs and improv ideas, grouped into units and cross-referenced. The Moment of Movement is not tied to any one point of view. The authors’ presentation of a broad range of material is flexible enough for use by choreographers, directors, educators, and therapists. In its perceptive investigation of the experiential and conceptual aspects of dance improvisation, this book articulates the ephemeral.
Dance Improvisation And Identity Development
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Author : Caitlin Green
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Dance Improvisation And Identity Development written by Caitlin Green and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Dance therapy categories.
This study explores means by which dance improvisation can be utilized in Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) for identity exploration. The research question asks, "How does the experience and expression of the body in movement improvisation support the exploration and development of identity? The question was addressed through a qualitative research method using a single-subject heuristic design in which I engaged in a structured movement improvisation procedure including journal reflections and mover-witness discussions. Results of this study proposed findings that unpack the process of movement improvisation by naming Active Elements of the process which allow for symbolic representations that surfaces to be interpreted as the movement narrative. Those Active Elements are Preconscious State of Awareness, Metacognitive Thought, and Sequence of Movement. The approach for identifying meaningful movement phrases that led to greater insights of self are grouped as Hallmarks of Meaningful Movement, which include Emotion-Based Movement, Reoccurring Movement, and Movement as Metaphor. Specific Movement Element Themes were identified from the improvisation process which lead to Essences that represent valuable identity findings discussed in the Results chapter. The method used to explore identity here can be compared to Narrative Identity Theory and may be considered an embodied approach to this theory.
Improvised Dance
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Author : Nalina Wait
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-04-14
Improvised Dance written by Nalina Wait and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-14 with Performing Arts categories.
This book elucidates the technical aspects of improvised dance performance and reframes the notion of labour in the practice from one that is either based on compositionally formal logic or a mysterious impulse, to one that addresses the (in)corporeal dimensions of practice. Mobilising the languages and conceptual frameworks of theories of affect, embodied cognition, somatics, and dance, this book illustrates the work of specialist improvisers who occupy divergent positions within the complex field of improvised dance. It offers an alternative narrative of the history and current practice of Western improvised dance centred on the epistemology of its (in)corporeal knowledges, which are elusive yet vital to the refinement of expertise. Written for both a disciplinary-specific and interdisciplinary audience, this book will interest dance scholars, students, and practising artists.
Moving Sites
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Author : Victoria Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-03-27
Moving Sites written by Victoria Hunter and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-27 with Art categories.
Moving Sites explores site-specific dance practice through a combination of analytical essays and practitioner accounts of their working processes. In offering this joint effort of theory and practice, it aims to provide dance academics, students and practitioners with a series of discussions that shed light both on approaches to making this type of dance practice, and evaluating and reflecting on it. The edited volume combines critical thinking from a range of perspectives including commentary and observation from the fields of dance studies, human geography and spatial theory in order to present interdisciplinary discourse and a range of critical and practice-led lenses through which this type of work can be considered and explored. In so doing, this book addresses the following questions: · How do choreographers make site-specific dance performance? · What occurs when a moving body engages with site, place and environment? · How might we interpret, analyse and evaluate this type of dance practice through a range of theoretical lenses? · How can this type of practice inform wider discussions of embodiment, site, space, place and environment? This innovative and exciting book seeks to move beyond description and discussion of site-specific dance as a spectacle or novelty and considers site-dance as a valid and vital form of contemporary dance practice that explores, reflects, disrupts, contests and develops understandings and practices of inhabiting and engaging with a range of sites and environments. Dr Victoria Hunter is Senior Lecturer in Dance at the University of Chichester.
I Want To Be Ready
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Author : Danielle Goldman
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2010-05-04
I Want To Be Ready written by Danielle Goldman and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-04 with Performing Arts categories.
A conceptual framework for understanding the development of improvised dance in late 20th-century America
Twig Dances
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Author : Malaika Sarco-Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Twig Dances written by Malaika Sarco-Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
This thesis charts the role of dance improvisation performance as a practice of ecology by analyzing data collected from a series of experiments in improvisation. Conducted in a number of locations in Europe and Asia, these experiments examine the usefulness of improvisation performance practices to notions of "ecology" and common understandings of humans' relationships to our environment. Using "ecology" to describe an investigation of interrelationship as well as a commitment to act with an awareness of one's actions in the social, mental and natural spheres discussed by Felix Guattari (2000), I outline ways contemporary improvisation practices can facilitate this investigation. To do this I draw on my own experience as a dancer at the Performing Arts Research and Training Studios (PARTS) in Brussels from 2004-2006, and as co-director of the TWIG Project in China in 2006. Using the experiences of improvising, learning dance, seeing dance, performing dance, creating scores for dance, and teaching movement improvisation, I argue that ecological practice is defined by its ability to instill a sense of "response ability" and personal agency in its practitioners. As a way of observing and incorporating new knowledge, improvisation functions herein both as a research practice and as the object of study. By improvising and documenting my experiences using a phenomenological lens derived from Merleau-Ponty's work, I reflect on how practices of awareness in dancing can constitute new ways of knowing. I discuss how improvising can assist awareness of the body's relationship with the environment at a number of levels including sensory, spatial, temporal, conceptual, social and political. I also investigate the notion of paradox as a theme throughout the thesis and present its usefulness as a way of producing and reflecting upon a practice of bodily research. The term "twig dances" represents an expanded understanding of what I mean by "improvising", and points to my use of improvisation as a research process. As an action taken "to understand or realize something", a twig dance is any of a number movement practices which take as their focus an active investigation into relationships between people and the non-human world.