Making an entrance : theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers / Adam Benjamin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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