«YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER, Creating and Crafting Dance offers a synthesis of histories, theories, philosophies, and creative practices across diverse genres of concert dance choreography. The book is designed for readers at every stage of creative development who seek to refine their artistic sensibility.
Through a review of major milestones in the field, including contributions to choreography from the humanities, arts, and modern sciences, readers will gain new perspectives on the historical development of choreography. Concise analyses of traditional fundamentals and innovative practices of dance construction, artistic research methods, and approaches to artistic collaboration offer readers new tools to build creative habits and expand their choreographic proficiencies.
For learners and educators, this is a textbook. For emerging professionals, it is a professional-development tool. For established professionals, it is a companion handbook that reinvigorates inspiration. To all readers it offers a cumulative, systematic understanding of the art of dance making, with a wealth of cross-disciplinary references to create a dynamic map of creative practices in choreography.» 4e de couverture
Contents
Book 1 : Time travel : Choreographing through the ages
1- Stone Age : The dawn of dance - Choreographing Ritual
2- Acien Age : Gods and Muses in Motion - Choreographing Art
3- Medieval Age : Leaping into Groupe Identity - Choreographing symbol
4- Renaissance and Baroque Age : Walting Kingdoms - Choreographing Culture
5- Industrial Age : Dancing the Self - Choreographing Expression
6- Information Age : Turning Against the Norm - Choreographing Experimentation
7- Integral Age : Conceiving Progressive Coherency - Choreographin Integration
Book 2 : Mind and Muscle : the Body, Intellect , and Creative Spirit
8- The Moving Body as a Work of Art - Corpus Cognitus
9- Dissection of a Glorious Mind - Inside the Brain of the Choreographer
10- Intuitive Craftmanship - Handling Perfect Imperfections
Book 3 : Concept and Context : Innovation, intentionality, and Individuality
11- Intentive Creativity - In Art, Everything is Possible
12- Framing Content and Sorting Concepts - Logistics of the Unlimited
13- Choreographic Individuality and Artistic Identity - The Search for Who I Am
Book 4 : Form and Formlessness : Generating Movement Material
14- The emmergence of Movement - First Crawl and Walk, Then Run
15- Dance improvisation : Embracing Choreographic Adventures
16- Choreographic Phrase - Diving into the Movement Flow
Book 5 : Process and progress : Developing Movement Material
17- Choreographic Devices and Operations - Growing a Dance Garden
18- Structure and Restructure, construct and Deconstruct - Architeching a Dance
19- Physical Dramaturgy - Making a Monument out of Movement
Book 6 : Sonic Swing : Dance the music, Music the Dance
20- Melody in Motion - Are Music and Dance Best Friend Forever ?
21- Attract and Retract - Seeking, Choosing, and Working with Music
22- Body of Sound - Dancing Silence, Noisem Soundscape, and Spoken Word
Book 7: Picture Perfect : Venture Follow Vision
23- Nurturind Semantics - Naming a Newborn Dance and Raising a Brand
24- Piecing a Production Together - Think Costumes, Lights and Scenic Desing
25- Career in Choreography - Dancing Decisions Moving Forward
Index and Biographies
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