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Contact improvisation : an introduction to a vitalizing dance form / Cheryl Pallant.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: ix, 195 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0786426470
  • 9780786426478
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.8 22
LOC classification:
  • GV1781.2 .P35 2006
Contents:
1. The creative body : source of a new form -- 2. The practicing body : contact improvisation fundamentals -- 3. The knowing body : self and identity -- 4. The entitled body : politics and privilege -- 5. The relating body : alienation and orientation -- 6. The tribal body : creating community -- 7. The dancing body : a teacher's sampler -- App. A. Setting up a weekly contact improvisation jam.
Summary: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index.

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

"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.

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