TY - BOOK AU - Pallant,Cheryl TI - Contact improvisation: an introduction to a vitalizing dance form SN - 0786426470 AV - GV1781.2 .P35 2006 U1 - 792.8 22 PY - 2006///] CY - Jefferson, N.C. PB - McFarland KW - Improvisation in dance KW - History N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -