Contact improvisation : an introduction to a vitalizing dance form /

Pallant, Cheryl,

Contact improvisation : an introduction to a vitalizing dance form / Cheryl Pallant. - ix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index.

The creative body : source of a new form -- The practicing body : contact improvisation fundamentals -- The knowing body : self and identity -- The entitled body : politics and privilege -- The relating body : alienation and orientation -- The tribal body : creating community -- The dancing body : a teacher's sampler -- Setting up a weekly contact improvisation jam. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. App. A.

"In this book the author draws upon her own experience and research to explain the art of contact improvisation, in which dance partners propel movement by physical contact. The text begins with a history, then describes the elements that define this form of dance"--Provided by publisher.

0786426470 9780786426478

2006014349


Improvisation in dance--History

GV1781.2 / .P35 2006

792.8

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