Making an entrance : theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers /
Benjamin, Adam, 1958-
Making an entrance : theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers / Adam Benjamin. - xxii, 255 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Introduction: life after Stages. Improvisation - access - training - touching on a definition. A little on language, disability, integration and inclusivity. Disability-specific groups and the Simpson Board. A serious dislocation. 'Just' moving: ethics, integration and the discipline of improvisation. The great mistake: response-ability and feedback. Tension seekers: a poet/hunter's guide to improvisation. Tension as a guide to feedback. Demons and dragons: some thoughts on becoming blocked in improvisation. Is it therapy. Special schools, special students and integrated practice. Lost narrative. Access v. excellence -- Exercises and Improvisations. Working against resistance: an introduction to the improvisations and exercises. An unruly location. Introductory work. Listening through touch. Making an entrance in time and space. Con-temp-lation: thinking about space, time and centre. Graceful ways, or seaching for clews. Individual considerations. Lightly balanced on the edge of centre. Counter-balances and chair tilts: dicing with Newtonian physics. Art and theatre. Speed and timing. A little more time: exercises to develop an understanding of rhythm and the duration of a simple gesture or action. Live music. Excerpts from an African diary. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Pt. II. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. App. 2.
0415251443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415251435 (alk. paper)
2001041226
Dance
Dancers with disabilities
Dance--Social aspects
GV1799.2. / B47 2001
793.3087
Making an entrance : theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers / Adam Benjamin. - xxii, 255 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Introduction: life after Stages. Improvisation - access - training - touching on a definition. A little on language, disability, integration and inclusivity. Disability-specific groups and the Simpson Board. A serious dislocation. 'Just' moving: ethics, integration and the discipline of improvisation. The great mistake: response-ability and feedback. Tension seekers: a poet/hunter's guide to improvisation. Tension as a guide to feedback. Demons and dragons: some thoughts on becoming blocked in improvisation. Is it therapy. Special schools, special students and integrated practice. Lost narrative. Access v. excellence -- Exercises and Improvisations. Working against resistance: an introduction to the improvisations and exercises. An unruly location. Introductory work. Listening through touch. Making an entrance in time and space. Con-temp-lation: thinking about space, time and centre. Graceful ways, or seaching for clews. Individual considerations. Lightly balanced on the edge of centre. Counter-balances and chair tilts: dicing with Newtonian physics. Art and theatre. Speed and timing. A little more time: exercises to develop an understanding of rhythm and the duration of a simple gesture or action. Live music. Excerpts from an African diary. Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Pt. II. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. App. 2.
0415251443 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415251435 (alk. paper)
2001041226
Dance
Dancers with disabilities
Dance--Social aspects
GV1799.2. / B47 2001
793.3087