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Aerial dance / Jayne C. Bernasconi, Nancy E. Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xviii, 141 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 videodisc (12 cm)Content type:
  • text
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • video
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0736073965
  • 9780736073967
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 792.8 22
LOC classification:
  • GV1783 .B455 2008
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I. Taking Off: From the Ground to the Air -- 1. Aerial Dance in a Postmodern World: Its Roots and Wings in Modern Dance -- Look Up! Alwin Nikolais -- Aerial Dance Defined -- Blurring Dance and Circus Arts -- Aerial Arts in the Mainstream -- One Last Swing -- 2. Flight Path: The Evolution of Aerial Dance -- West Coast: Motivity -- Look Up! Terry Sendgraff -- East Coast: Multigravitational Aerodance Group -- Progeny: The Diaspora -- One Last Swing -- 3. Air Craft: The Aesthetics of Aerial Dance -- What Puts the Modern in Dance? Look Up! Jo Kreiter -- We Start at the Toes and Evolve to the Arms -- Dance of Swinging and Spinning -- Aesthetic of Effortlessness -- Look Up! Fred Deb -- Enough With Peter Pan! Look Up! Brenda Angiel -- One Last Swing -- Part II. From an Aerial View -- 4. Bird's-Eye View: Essays From the Field -- Stephanie Evanitsky -- Terry Sendgraff -- Robert Davidson -- Look Up! Robert Davidson -- Susan Murphy -- Look Up! Susan Murphy -- Nancy Smith -- Amelia Rudolph -- Jo Kreiter -- Brenda Angiel -- Look Up! Brenda Angiel -- Karola Luttringhaus -- Look Up! Karola Luttringhaus -- Jayne Bernasconi -- Look Up! Jayne Bernasconi -- One Last Swing -- 5. Flight Instructions: Approaches to Teaching -- Terry Sendgraff -- Look Up! Terry Sendgraff -- Robert Davidson -- Look Up! Robert Davidson -- Susan Murphy -- Nancy Smith -- Jo Kreiter -- Look Up! Jo Kreiter -- Amelia Rudolph -- Jayne Bernasconi -- Look Up! Jayne Bernasconi -- One Last Swing -- 6. Custom-Designed Flights: Other Applications -- Mixed-Ability Aerial Dancing -- Aerial Yoga -- Look Up!: Jayne Bernasconi -- Aerial Sci-Arts: Physics and the Low-Flying Trapeze -- Kids Who Fly -- One Last Swing -- Part III. Flying Safely -- 7. Injury Prevention: Understanding the Anatomy and Physiology of Suspended Movement -- Shoulder Anatomy -- Upright Posture and the Neutral Pelvis -- Core Stability -- Raising the Arms: Which Muscles Should Work? Flexibility Aerial Positioning of the Pelvis: Hollow Body -- One Last Swing -- 8. Rigging for Aerial Dance: Keep It Safe -- Look Up! Nancy Smith -- The Basics -- A Place to Stand -- Frequently Discussed Issues -- How to Tell if Your Rigger Is Qualified (Qualified for What?) Requisite Disclaimer -- One Last Swing Appendix: Aerial Dance Resources.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 792.8 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A445079B

Accompanied by: 1 videodisc (DVD)

Includes bibliographical references (page 135) and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Taking Off: From the Ground to the Air -- 1. Aerial Dance in a Postmodern World: Its Roots and Wings in Modern Dance -- Look Up! Alwin Nikolais -- Aerial Dance Defined -- Blurring Dance and Circus Arts -- Aerial Arts in the Mainstream -- One Last Swing -- 2. Flight Path: The Evolution of Aerial Dance -- West Coast: Motivity -- Look Up! Terry Sendgraff -- East Coast: Multigravitational Aerodance Group -- Progeny: The Diaspora -- One Last Swing -- 3. Air Craft: The Aesthetics of Aerial Dance -- What Puts the Modern in Dance? Look Up! Jo Kreiter -- We Start at the Toes and Evolve to the Arms -- Dance of Swinging and Spinning -- Aesthetic of Effortlessness -- Look Up! Fred Deb -- Enough With Peter Pan! Look Up! Brenda Angiel -- One Last Swing -- Part II. From an Aerial View -- 4. Bird's-Eye View: Essays From the Field -- Stephanie Evanitsky -- Terry Sendgraff -- Robert Davidson -- Look Up! Robert Davidson -- Susan Murphy -- Look Up! Susan Murphy -- Nancy Smith -- Amelia Rudolph -- Jo Kreiter -- Brenda Angiel -- Look Up! Brenda Angiel -- Karola Luttringhaus -- Look Up! Karola Luttringhaus -- Jayne Bernasconi -- Look Up! Jayne Bernasconi -- One Last Swing -- 5. Flight Instructions: Approaches to Teaching -- Terry Sendgraff -- Look Up! Terry Sendgraff -- Robert Davidson -- Look Up! Robert Davidson -- Susan Murphy -- Nancy Smith -- Jo Kreiter -- Look Up! Jo Kreiter -- Amelia Rudolph -- Jayne Bernasconi -- Look Up! Jayne Bernasconi -- One Last Swing -- 6. Custom-Designed Flights: Other Applications -- Mixed-Ability Aerial Dancing -- Aerial Yoga -- Look Up!: Jayne Bernasconi -- Aerial Sci-Arts: Physics and the Low-Flying Trapeze -- Kids Who Fly -- One Last Swing -- Part III. Flying Safely -- 7. Injury Prevention: Understanding the Anatomy and Physiology of Suspended Movement -- Shoulder Anatomy -- Upright Posture and the Neutral Pelvis -- Core Stability -- Raising the Arms: Which Muscles Should Work? Flexibility Aerial Positioning of the Pelvis: Hollow Body -- One Last Swing -- 8. Rigging for Aerial Dance: Keep It Safe -- Look Up! Nancy Smith -- The Basics -- A Place to Stand -- Frequently Discussed Issues -- How to Tell if Your Rigger Is Qualified (Qualified for What?) Requisite Disclaimer -- One Last Swing Appendix: Aerial Dance Resources.

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