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.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Harper & Row, ©1984.Edition: 1st edDescription: 208 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0060151854
  • 0060911549 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 19 792.82092 LIM
LOC classification:
  • GV1788 .L46 1984
Contents:
PART ONE; THE BEGINNING / The art of José Limón: a brief history -- PART TWO: THE BASICS / The Limón style ; Definitions and preparatory exercises -- PART THREE; THE CLASS / About counts, meter, phrasing and tempo ; Floor exercises ; Center exercises ; Across the floor ; Ending class -- PART FOUR: REPERTORY / From Missa Brevis -- APPENDIX / Works Choreographed by José Limón ; Labanotation ; Notes ; Bibliography.
Summary: "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.
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Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 792.82092 LIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C1 Available A04615
Books Books Academy of Music & Performing Arts Library General Stacks Non-fiction 792.82092 LIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C2 Available A04616

Bibliography: p. 207-208.

PART ONE; THE BEGINNING / The art of José Limón: a brief history -- PART TWO: THE BASICS / The Limón style ; Definitions and preparatory exercises -- PART THREE; THE CLASS / About counts, meter, phrasing and tempo ; Floor exercises ; Center exercises ; Across the floor ; Ending class -- PART FOUR: REPERTORY / From Missa Brevis -- APPENDIX / 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.

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