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The body eclectic : evolving practices in dance training

"The contributions in Part I reflect in some way the idea that post-Judson dance training is described by a lively and ever changing multiplicity of resources" (p. [7]); "The contributions in Part II present discussions on the facet of dance training we have designated with the term, 'deconstruction, ' ... Referring to training as a deconstructive process" (p. [85]); "Part III includes sixteen training histories of dance professionals currently working in the field" (p. 167)
Print Book, English, ©2008
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, ©2008
Lehrmittel
xi, 264 pages ; 24 cm
9780252032622, 9780252074899, 0252032624, 0252074890
167517330
pt. I. Bricolage. A dancing dialectic / Melanie Bales
A New York dancer / Veronica Dittman
Training as the medium through which / Melanie Bales
A dance-musician's perspective: an interview with Natalie Gilbert / Melanie Bales
Something old, something new, something borrowed / Joshua Monten
Ballet for the post-Judson dancer / Melanie Bales
pt. II. Deconstruction. Somatics: an interview with Martha Myers / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol
First it was dancing / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol
Re-locating technique / Wendell Beavers
Teaching alignment / Glenna Batson
Falling, releasing, and post-Judson dance / Melanie Bales
pt. III. Training stories. Training stories
Chris Aiken
David Dorfman
Kathleen Fisher
Karen Graham
Mark Haim
Angie Hauser
Sara Hook
Iréne Hultman
Stephen Koester
Ralph Lemon
Bebe Miller
Tere O'Connor
Cynthia Oliver
Janet Panetta
Kraig Patterson
Shelley Washington