Dance composition basics : capturing the choreographer's craft /
Pamela Anderson Sofras.
- xix, 163 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 videodisc (12 cm)
Accompanied by: 1 videodisc (DVD)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-158) and index.
Featured artists and works : Alonzo King -- Featured artists and works : Dwight Rhoden -- The body : exploring the ways we move -- Impulse : origins of movement -- Phrase : linking movements -- Gesture : personal vocabulary of movement -- Shape : body design -- Problem solving : creating a solo -- Space : exploring the expanse we move in -- Air and floor pathways : mapping the route -- Diagonals : from corner to corner -- Symmetry : balancing shapes -- Positive and negative space : sharing a shape -- Balance : supporting each other -- Imitation : reflecting each other -- Problem solving : creating a duet -- Time : exploring tempo -- Slow motion : dancing in reverie -- Speed : learning to dance quickly -- Pacing : combining different pulses -- Accelerating : how fast can it go? -- Problem solving : creating a trio -- Energy : force generating movement -- Inertia : readiness to move -- Opposites : contrasting energies -- Dynamics : qualities of movement -- Intensity : increasing and decreasing force -- Problem solving : creating a small-group composition -- Choreographic devices : creating finished compositions -- Call and response : antiphonal movement -- Canon : dancing in unison a few counts apart -- Directional mirroring : parallel reflecting and reverse reflecting -- Variation : interweaving and varying patterns -- Problem solving : creating a movement suite. Ch. 1. Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 3. Lesson 4. Lesson 5. Ch. 2. Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 3. Lesson 4. Lesson 5. Lesson 6. Lesson 7. Ch. 3. Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 3. Lesson 4. Lesson 5. Ch. 4. Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 3. Lesson 4. Lesson 5. Ch. 5. Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 3. Lesson 4. Lesson 5.
"Text instruction can go only so far in teaching how to create dances. Dance Composition Basics picks up where other textbooks leave off, with a bound-in DVD that features professional choreographers and dancers in action. Designed for beginning college-level dance composition courses and dance educators at the middle and high school levels, this textbook and DVD package highlights selected portions of original dance compositions by two noted choreographers. The works of Alonzo King (Chants and Dreamer) and Dwight Rhoden (Verge) are recorded and analyzed to sequence the choreographic process. Students are able to witness a progression that takes them from conceiving and refining an idea to improvising and solving movement problems to shaping and performing dances. The methods featured in Dance Composition Basics can be applied to a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, and jazz. Each of the 27 lessons serves as a starting point that encourages novice dancers to embark on their own attempts at choreography with more confidence. Structured to present concepts from simple to complex, the chapters cover the body, space, time, energy, and choreographic devices. Each chapter is divided into lessons based on the dance element or concept highlighted. The lessons challenge students to create solo, duet, trio, and group works."--Publisher's website. "This textbook and DVD package highlights selected portions of original dance compositions by two noted choreographers. The works of Alonzo King (Chanis and Dreamer) and Dwight Rhoden (Verge) are recorded and analyzed to sequence the choreographic process. Students are able to witness a progression that takes them from conceiving and refining an idea to improvising and solving movement problems to shaping and performing dances." "The methods featured in Dance Composition Basics can be applied to a variety of dance styles, including ballet, modern, and jazz. The 27 lessons featured in the book serve as starting points that encourage novice dancers to embark on their own attempts at choreography with more confidence."--BOOK JACKET.