TY - BOOK AU - Benjamin,Adam TI - Making an entrance: theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers SN - 0415251443 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - GV1799.2. B47 2001 U1 - 793.3087 PY - 2002/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Dance KW - Dancers with disabilities KW - Social aspects N1 - 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 ER -