Essential guide to dance /
Ashley, Linda
Essential guide to dance / Linda Ashley. - 2nd ed. - London : Hodder & Stoughton, ©2002. - iv, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previous edition: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Dancer in Training / 2. The Constituent Features of Dance: Movement and Dancers / 3. The Constituent Features of Dance: The Physical Setting / 4. The Constituent Features of Dance: The Aural Setting / 5. Form in Dance / 6. Dance Appreciation / 7. Recording Dance: Walking Boldly Backwards into the Future / 8. Dance Today and Tomorrow / Alignment ; Flexibility ; Strength and stamina ; Co-ordination ; General body maintenance ; References and resources -- The movement components ; The space components ; The time components ; The dynamic components ; The dancers ; References and resources -- The performing space ; The set ; Lighting ; Costume ; Props ; References and resources -- Accompaniments for dancers ; References and resources -- Form ; Compositional devices ; Compositional structures ; The relationship of dance to the accompaniment ; Different possible relationships between music and dance -- The significance of dance ; Interpretation ; Evaluation ; Applying the appreciation process in making and rehearsing dances ; Applying the appreciation process in performance ; References and resources -- The issues in question ; Dance notation ; Filming dance ; References and resources -- Computer technology, new realities ; Cross-cultural dance in society today, the 'global village' ; Dance for all ; Conclusion ; References and resources.
0340803207 (pbk.) 9780340803202 (pbk.)
Dance
GV1594 / .R52 2002
792.8 / ASH
Essential guide to dance / Linda Ashley. - 2nd ed. - London : Hodder & Stoughton, ©2002. - iv, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Previous edition: 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The Dancer in Training / 2. The Constituent Features of Dance: Movement and Dancers / 3. The Constituent Features of Dance: The Physical Setting / 4. The Constituent Features of Dance: The Aural Setting / 5. Form in Dance / 6. Dance Appreciation / 7. Recording Dance: Walking Boldly Backwards into the Future / 8. Dance Today and Tomorrow / Alignment ; Flexibility ; Strength and stamina ; Co-ordination ; General body maintenance ; References and resources -- The movement components ; The space components ; The time components ; The dynamic components ; The dancers ; References and resources -- The performing space ; The set ; Lighting ; Costume ; Props ; References and resources -- Accompaniments for dancers ; References and resources -- Form ; Compositional devices ; Compositional structures ; The relationship of dance to the accompaniment ; Different possible relationships between music and dance -- The significance of dance ; Interpretation ; Evaluation ; Applying the appreciation process in making and rehearsing dances ; Applying the appreciation process in performance ; References and resources -- The issues in question ; Dance notation ; Filming dance ; References and resources -- Computer technology, new realities ; Cross-cultural dance in society today, the 'global village' ; Dance for all ; Conclusion ; References and resources.
0340803207 (pbk.) 9780340803202 (pbk.)
Dance
GV1594 / .R52 2002
792.8 / ASH