Dance Words

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In her unique collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners and researchers, Valerie Preston-Dunlop presents a comprehensive view of people in dance: what they do, their movement, their sound, and the space in which they work - from the standpoint of the performers, choreographers, audiences, administrators, and teachers. The words and phrases of their technical and vernacular languages, which are used to communicate what is essentially a non-verbal activity, have been collected in rehearsal classes ...
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Overview

In her unique collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners and researchers, Valerie Preston-Dunlop presents a comprehensive view of people in dance: what they do, their movement, their sound, and the space in which they work - from the standpoint of the performers, choreographers, audiences, administrators, and teachers. The words and phrases of their technical and vernacular languages, which are used to communicate what is essentially a non-verbal activity, have been collected in rehearsal classes and workshops by interviews, and from published sources. In this first collection of its kind Valerie Preston-Dunlop extends her selection of verbal language to include the various social and theatrical domains of dance.\
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Series
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Ch. 1 The Dance Domain 2
Ch. 2 Dance People 74
Ch. 3 The Performer 108
Ch. 4 The Performer and The Movement 136
Ch. 5 Technique 162
Ch. 6 Costume 203
Ch. 7 Movement and The Moving Body 222
Ch. 8 Dynamics and Timing of Movement 268
Ch. 9 Space-in-the-body and The Dancer in Space 296
Ch. 10 Notation 321
Ch. 11 Choreographic Form 338
Ch. 12 Some Ensemble, Group, Duo and Solo Dance Concerns 370
Ch. 13 Choreographic Processes 389
Ch. 14 The Dance Sound 430
Ch. 15 The Sound and The Movement 448
Ch. 16 The Dance Space 467
Ch. 17 Repertory, Revival, and Tradition 504
Ch. 18 The Nexus and The Emergence of Style 530
Ch. 19 Communication 548
Ch. 20 Dance Research 578
Bibliography 617
Oral Contributors 641
Permissions 651
Index of Terms 657
Index of Names 705
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