On rules: ‘Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis.’
The updated and revised edition of 'A Choreographer’s Handbook' invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance. In an inspiring and unusually empowering sequence of stories, questions, ideas and paradoxes, internationally renowned choreographer Jonathan Burrows explains how it’s possible to navigate a course through this complex process.
It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice and professional journey, and draws upon many years of workshop discussions, led by Burrows.
Burrows’ open and honest prose gives the reader access to a range of principles, exercises, meditations and ideas on choreography that allow artists and dance-makers to find their own aesthetic process.
It is a book for anyone interested in making performance, at whatever level and in whichever style.
On rules: ‘Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis.’
The updated and revised edition of 'A Choreographer’s Handbook' invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance. In an inspiring and unusually empowering sequence of stories, questions, ideas and paradoxes, internationally renowned choreographer Jonathan Burrows explains how it’s possible to navigate a course through this complex process.
It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice and professional journey, and draws upon many years of workshop discussions, led by Burrows.
Burrows’ open and honest prose gives the reader access to a range of principles, exercises, meditations and ideas on choreography that allow artists and dance-makers to find their own aesthetic process.
It is a book for anyone interested in making performance, at whatever level and in whichever style.
A Choreographer's Handbook
272
A Choreographer's Handbook
272Paperback(2nd ed.)
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781032629018 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 11/25/2024 |
| Edition description: | 2nd ed. |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d) |