The body eclectic : evolving practices in dance training /
edited by Melanie Bales, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol.
- xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Deconstruction and Bricolage, and Other Themes of the Post-Judson Era / BricolageA Dancing Dialectic / A New York Dancer / Training as the Medium Through Which / A Dance-Musician's Perspective: An Interview with Natalie Gilbert / Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed / Ballet for the Post-Judson Dancer / DeconstructionSomatics: An Interview with Martha Myers / First It Was Dancing / Re-Locating Technique / Teaching Alignment / Falling, Releasing, and Post-Judson Dance / Training Stories: -- Chris Aiken -- David Dorfman -- Kathleen Fisher -- Karen Graham -- Mark Haim -- Angie Hauser -- Sara Hook -- Irene Hultman -- Stephen Koester -- Ralph Lemon -- Bebe Miller -- Tere O'Connor -- Cynthia Oliver -- Janet Panetta -- Kraig Patterson -- Shelley Washington -- Contributors -- Index. Melanie Bales -- Melanie Bales -- Veronica Dittman -- Melanie Bales -- Melanie Bales -- Joshua Monten -- Melanie Bales -- Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Wendell Beavers -- Glenna Batson -- Melanie Bales --
"This rich collection of essays and interviews explores modern-dance technique training from the last fifty years. Focusing on the culture of dance, editors Melanie Bales and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol examine choreographic process and style, dancer agency and participation in the creative process, and changes in the role and purpose of training. Bringing recent writings on dance into dialogue with dance practice, The Body Eclectic: Evolving Practices in Dance Training asks readers to consider the relationship between training practices and choreographic style and content. The contributors explore how technique training both guides and reflects the art of dance. Contributors include Melanie Bales, Glenna Batson, Wendell Beavers, Veronica Dittman, Natalie Gilbert, Joshua Monten, Martha Myers, and Rebecca Nettl-Fiol. Dance professionals interviewed include David Dorfman, Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller, Tere O'Connor, and Shelley Washington."--Publisher description.