Cheryl Pallant

Contact Improvisation

An Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance Form

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Produktbeschreibung

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. They roll, fall, spiral, leap, and slip along the contours and momentum of moving bodies. The text begins with a history, then describes the elements that define this form of dance. Subsequent chapters explore how contact improvisation relates to self and identity; how class, race, gender, culture and physiology influence dance; how dance promotes connection in a culture of isolation; and how it relates to the concept of community. The final chapter is a collection of exercises explained in the words of teachers from across the United States and abroad. Appendix A describes how to set up and maintain a weekly jam; Appendix B details recommended reading, videos and Web sites.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780786426478
• ISBN-10: 0786426470
• Artikelnr.: 21557409

Autorenporträt

Cheryl Pallant is a dancer, dance critic, writer, energy practitioner, somatic coach and teacher at the University of Richmond in Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface    
Prologue    
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     
Glossary     
Appendix A: Setting Up a Weekly Contact Improvisation Jam     
Appendix B: Resources     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index