The illustrated dance technique of José Limón /
Lewis, Daniel 1944-
The illustrated dance technique of José Limón / by Daniel Lewis ; descriptive text written in collaboration with Lesley Farlow ; labanotation by Mary Corey ; drawings by Edward C. Scattergood. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper & Row, ©1984. - 208 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Bibliography: p. 207-208.
PART ONE; THE BEGINNING / PART TWO: THE BASICS / PART THREE; THE CLASS / PART FOUR: REPERTORY / APPENDIX / The art of José Limón: a brief history -- The Limón style ; Definitions and preparatory exercises -- About counts, meter, phrasing and tempo ; Floor exercises ; Center exercises ; Across the floor ; Ending class -- From Missa Brevis -- Works Choreographed by José Limón ; Labanotation ; Notes ; Bibliography.
"How can so complex an art and its craft and the teaching of that art be communicated? Daniel Lewis in his book has come at this problem through five avenues: related photographs that suggest style and atmosphere, drawings that strip down movement to its anatomic essentials and still incorporate beauty of motion, verbal description of sequence and detail, Labanotation to provide accurate and definitive 'notes' (as in a musical score) and, finally, notes to teachers, so important in humanizing the analytical nature of the task."--Foreward.
0060151854 0060911549 (pbk.)
83048365
Limón, José 1908-1972
Ballet dancing.
Choreography.
Labanotation.
GV1788 / .L46 1984
792.82092 / LIM
The illustrated dance technique of José Limón / by Daniel Lewis ; descriptive text written in collaboration with Lesley Farlow ; labanotation by Mary Corey ; drawings by Edward C. Scattergood. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper & Row, ©1984. - 208 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Bibliography: p. 207-208.
PART ONE; THE BEGINNING / PART TWO: THE BASICS / PART THREE; THE CLASS / PART FOUR: REPERTORY / APPENDIX / The art of José Limón: a brief history -- The Limón style ; Definitions and preparatory exercises -- About counts, meter, phrasing and tempo ; Floor exercises ; Center exercises ; Across the floor ; Ending class -- From Missa Brevis -- Works Choreographed by José Limón ; Labanotation ; Notes ; Bibliography.
"How can so complex an art and its craft and the teaching of that art be communicated? Daniel Lewis in his book has come at this problem through five avenues: related photographs that suggest style and atmosphere, drawings that strip down movement to its anatomic essentials and still incorporate beauty of motion, verbal description of sequence and detail, Labanotation to provide accurate and definitive 'notes' (as in a musical score) and, finally, notes to teachers, so important in humanizing the analytical nature of the task."--Foreward.
0060151854 0060911549 (pbk.)
83048365
Limón, José 1908-1972
Ballet dancing.
Choreography.
Labanotation.
GV1788 / .L46 1984
792.82092 / LIM