TY - BOOK AU - Nagrin,Daniel TI - Choreography and the specific image: nineteen essays and a workbook SN - 0822941473 AV - GV1588.3 .N34 2001 U1 - 792.82 21 PY - 2001///] CY - Pittsburgh, Pa. PB - University of Pittsburgh Press KW - Dance KW - Philosophy KW - Choreography N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; The Essays --; 1; Helen Tamiris and Her Teaching of Choreography --; 2; A Method of Teaching Choreography --; 3; Choreography and the Specific Image --; 4; Improvisation as a Tool for Choreography --; 5; "Rules" for Choreography in No Particular Order --; 6; The Play of Metaphor --; 7; Modern Dance Choreography--Ballet Choreography --; 8; Choreography for the Solo Dancer, Choreography for a Group: The Problems and Differences --; 9; Abstract Dance versus What? --; 10; Music --; 11; Words and Song Lyrics --; 12; Virtuosity --; 13; Direction --; 14; The Stage: The Costumes, The Lights, The Sets, The Sound --; 15; Choreography for the Theatre, Musical Comedy and Opera --; 16; Mindsets --; 17; The Criticism of Choreography --; 18; Anecdotal Material --; 19; The Ethics of Aesthetics --; The Workbook --; Workbook Introduction and Outline --; 1; Warming Up --; Gifts --; Medicine Ball --; Outrageous Travel --; Goldfish Bowl --; Blind Journey --; 2; The Rhythm Series --; Breath Rhythm --; Pulse Rhythm --; Inner Rhythm --; Dedicate Your Motion --; Go Visiting --; True Repetition --; Evolving Repetition --; Spinning --; 3; Uncovering Sources of Movement: The First Steps --; Circles --; Each Alone --; Backdoor --; Hub Meditation --; Visualization --; Gesture Permutations --; Gesture Rondo --; 4; Metaphor --; 5; Sense Memory Sources --; Faces --; The Obstacle --; Passing through a Physical Object --; Slalom --; 6; Sources of Movement Material --; The Mind-Wash --; Not Naming --; The Other --; A Duet --; The Duet as a Structure --; 7; Finding Gold in "Bad" Habits --; Cliche Rondo --; Your Familiar --; Possessed by a Mannerism --; 8; Music Sources of Movement --; Ambient Sound --; Rhythm Circle --; Before, After and On --; Who or What Is Alive in the Music? --; Riff Cactus --; Using Music for Improvisation --; 9; Words and Movement --; Words --; Creating Words --; Being Created by Words --; Becoming Words --; Prison --; Poems --; 10; More --; Why Do You Dance? --; Props Fantasy --; Inside the Outside --; Body Contact --; Seeing through the Eyes of Another --; I Dare You --; Notes --; Index ER -