Dance analysis : theory and practice / Janet Adshead ; Valerie A. Briginshaw ; Pauline Hodgens ; Michael Huxley ; edited by Janet Adshead.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Dance Books, 1988.Description: x, 198 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 185273003X (pbk)
  • 9781852730031 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 20 792.801 ADS
LOC classification:
  • GV1594 .D35 1988
Contents:
PART I Dance analysis: theoretical concerns : Ch. 1 An introduction to dance analysis: its nature and place in the study of dance / Janet Adshead -- Ch. 2 Describing the components of the dance / Janet Adshead -- Ch. 3 Discerning the form of the dance / Janet Adshead -- Ch. 4 Interpreting the dance / Pauline Hodgens -- Ch. 5 Evaluating the dance / Pauline Hodgens -- PART II Dance analysis in practice : Ch. 6 Skills and concepts for the analysis of dance / Janet Adshead, Valerie A. Briginshaw, Pauline Hodgens and Michael Huxley -- Ch. 7 Analysis of variation in choreography and performance: Swan Lake Act II Pas de deux / Valerie A. Briginshaw -- Ch. 8 A history of a dance: an analysis of Dark Elegies from written criticism / Michael Huxley -- Ch. 9 Approaches to new dance: analysis of two works / Valerie A. Briginshaw and Michael Huxley -- Ch. 10 Further applications for dance analysis in theory and practice / Janet Adshead and Pauline Hodgens.
Summary: "Dance Analysis: theory and practice is the first attempt to draw together work in aesthetics on the value of analysing dance works with analytical practice from the fields of anthropology, criticism, choreographic and movement theories." -- Book cover
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Includes bibliography.

PART I Dance analysis: theoretical concerns : Ch. 1 An introduction to dance analysis: its nature and place in the study of dance / Janet Adshead -- Ch. 2 Describing the components of the dance / Janet Adshead -- Ch. 3 Discerning the form of the dance / Janet Adshead -- Ch. 4 Interpreting the dance / Pauline Hodgens -- Ch. 5 Evaluating the dance / Pauline Hodgens -- PART II Dance analysis in practice : Ch. 6 Skills and concepts for the analysis of dance / Janet Adshead, Valerie A. Briginshaw, Pauline Hodgens and Michael Huxley -- Ch. 7 Analysis of variation in choreography and performance: Swan Lake Act II Pas de deux / Valerie A. Briginshaw -- Ch. 8 A history of a dance: an analysis of Dark Elegies from written criticism / Michael Huxley -- Ch. 9 Approaches to new dance: analysis of two works / Valerie A. Briginshaw and Michael Huxley -- Ch. 10 Further applications for dance analysis in theory and practice / Janet Adshead and Pauline Hodgens.

"Dance Analysis: theory and practice is the first attempt to draw together work in aesthetics on the value of analysing dance works with analytical practice from the fields of anthropology, criticism, choreographic and movement theories." -- Book cover

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