Download or read book Dance Composition Basics written by Pamela Anderson Sofras and published by Human Kinetics, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the saying “To be the best, you must learn from the best” holds true, then this book is gold for all aspiring dancers. Dance Composition Basics, Second Edition, doesn’t just feature the works and brilliance of dance and choreographic legends Alonzo King and Dwight Rhoden—it is completely based on the choreographic operations and forms in three of their original works: Chants and Dreamer by King and Verge by Rhoden. All compositional exercises in the book are based on those three works, and the book itself is expertly crafted by Pamela Anderson Sofras, who has 34 years of experience teaching dance at the university level. Dance Composition Basics, designed for beginning dance composition courses, introduces dancers to choreography through a series of problem-solving activities. The activities are starting points for novice dancers to embark on their own attempts at choreography. Useful Tools The book offers several useful tools for instructors: 27 lesson plans that draw from and highlight selected portions of original compositions by King and Rhoden 33 reproducible assessment and self-evaluation forms An instructor guide that includes a sample course syllabus plus written exams for each chapter PowerPoint presentations to guide students through each lesson A web resource featuring online videos that are closely tied to the lesson plans and provide a richer learning experience for students; students can access this resource inside or outside of class Highly Valuable Video Resource The videos give students access to Alonzo King and Dwight Rhoden, highly successful and respected choreographers, who share their processes and techniques. Many video clips show the choreographers working on the same movement concepts featured in the corresponding lesson. Students will see the choreographers in action with professional dancers as they develop the movement material for each dance. Because students get to see the choreographers and dancers struggling with the same creative concepts they have been assigned, these clips add tremendous value to Dance Composition. Book and Web Resource Organization The text is split into five chapters, each of which features several lessons based on that chapter’s choreographic concept. Each lesson contains the following: An introductory statement and a vocabulary list A warm-up to prepare the body and focus the mind Structured improvisations that help dancers understand the movement concepts of the lesson Problem-solving activities that allow dancers to apply the concepts presented in the improvisations Discussion questions to engage dancers and promote understanding Assessment rubrics to guide evaluation of each dancer’s learning At the end of the book, a glossary provides definitions for the vocabulary terms introduced in the chapters. The main menu of the web resource corresponds with the five chapters in the book. To guide students’ use of the videos, icons have been placed throughout the book, referring readers to additional information in the web resource. Reviewing the videos will provide further insight into the choreographic assignment. The web resource also contains all the discussion questions, assessments, and evaluations found in the book. Instructors can distribute these to students electronically or print them out. Instructors can also adapt the forms to meet their specific needs. The Learning Process Dance Composition takes students through a systematic learning process: reading about a concept, discussing the concept, seeing the concept played out on video with professional choreographers and dancers, and exploring the concept through their own movement ideas. Through this process, which includes structured improvisations, students discover a movement vocabulary and original dance phrases. They then more fully develop their movement ideas, with specific movement assignments, and are given feedback by their peers and the instructor. Invaluable Resource Dance Composition Basics, Second Edition, is an invaluable resource for dancers of all styles, from ballet to modern jazz, as it introduces them to some of the compositional structures used by professional choreographers. Through the carefully designed lessons in the book and the expert examples on the video clips, students can use this resource to take their first confident and exhilarating steps into the craft of choreography.

Download or read book Dance Composition written by Janice Pomer and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2009 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This package contains a book and CD of music. It explores the interactive relationship between dance and the other arts including visual, musical and dramatic and literary. Each chapter contains improvisational exercises for gaining perspective and understanding the commonalities across the arts.

Download or read book Dance Composition written by Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. For over twenty years, Dance Composition has been the leading guide to creative success in dance making, useful to everyone interested in dance composition, at both high school and college levels. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter exploring creative processes in relation to composing dances.

Download or read book Dance Composition Production written by Elizabeth R. Hayes and published by Dance Horizons. This book was released on 1993 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ballet Notebook for Dancers written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. Wide ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Reading Dancing written by Susan Leigh Foster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Dance Perspectives Foundation de la Torre Bueno Prize Recent approaches to dance composition, seen in the works of Merce Cunningham and the Judson Church performances of the early 1960s, suggest the possibility for a new theory of choreographic meaning. Borrowing from contemporary semiotics and post-structuralist criticism, Reading Dancing outlines four distinct models for representation in dance which are illustrated, first, through an analysis of the works of contemporary choreographers Deborah Hay, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham, and then through reference to historical examples beginning with court ballets of the Renaissance. The comparison of these four approaches to representation affirms the unparalleled diversity of choreographic methods in American dance, and also suggests a critical perspective from which to reflect on dance making and viewing.

Download or read book To Be Fond of Dancing Was a Certain Step Towards Falling in Love Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice Notebook with Quote on Cover 8 5 X 11 Lined Pages written by Joy Tree Joy Tree Journals and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-24 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love." Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Write all your notes and ideas into this notebook that features a Jane Austen quote enveloped by a silhouette. - SIZE: 8.5 x 11 (Large).- PAPER: Lined Paper: 55 Pages (Ruled on the front and back).- COVER: Soft Cover.- PATTERN: Jane Austen Quote.- COLOR: Black and White (Glossy).

Download or read book Jazz Dancer Silhouettes written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. Wide ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Planes of Composition written by André Lepecki and published by Seagull Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Planes of Composition' focuses on how contemporary choreographic strategies initiate new modes of understanding the moving body in its multiple performances: racial, kinetic, political, ethical, and theoretical.

Download or read book Dance Colors Your World Notebook for Dancers written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. Wide ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Dancing Cultures written by Hélène Neveu Kringelbach and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dance is more than an aesthetic of life – dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of trans-national ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama and Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. What are the flows and movements of dance carried by migrants and tourists? How is dance used to shape nationalist ideology? What are the connections between dance and ethnicity, gender, health, globalization and nationalism, capitalism and post-colonialism? Through innovative and wide-ranging case studies, the contributors explore the central role dance plays in culture as leisure commodity, cultural heritage, cultural aesthetic or cathartic social movement.

Download or read book Ballet Terminology Notebook for Dancers written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. Wide ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Jazz Dancer Silhouettes written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. College ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Ballet Attitude Dance Quote written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. Wide ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Never Miss a Chance to Dance written by Dancegrind Publications and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-04 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never Miss A Chance To Dance! - A Dancer's Composition Book & Journal For Thoughts, Feelings, Dreams, Ideas and Routines. A dancers journal for your thoughts, feelings, dancing aspirations and to help you remember your dance routines. Ever wanted a notebook that's designed JUST FOR YOU! Well, this is it! With inspirational and sometimes funny dance quotes, our publishing house specialises in creating products for the most important performing art that there is, Dancing! You could use this as a gratitude journal, keep it as a secret diary, or just use it to express your feelings on paper - a very cathartic process which helps you to gain clarity on your dance goals. This is the only dance composition book that you'll ever need! Lined Notebook, 120 Pages, Paperbook Book NotepadJournal/Composition Book6x9 inches.

Download or read book Ballet Attitude Dance Quote written by Dance Thoughts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect notebook for Back-to-School or as a gift for your favorite dancer! These beautiful composition notebooks were created just for dancers and dance teachers! Perfect for taking notes in class, as a journal, or for choreography notes. College ruled lines 200 pages Flexible matte paperback cover 8.5" x 11"

Download or read book Dancing Composition Book written by Creative Expression Creative Expression Publishing and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composition Book: Dancing Composition Notebook. 132 Pages Wide Ruled 7.5x9.25." Perfect Dancing composition book or notebook. Step out and get something new this school year. Perfect composition notebook as primary composition notebook. -Dancing notebook wide ruled -Dancing composition notebook wide ruled -Dancing primary composition -Composition notebook with Dancing cover