Teaching dance studies / edited by Judith Chazin-Bennahum.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2005.Description: xvi, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0415970369 (hb : alk. paper)
  • 0415970369 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 9780415970365 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 1134947542 (electronic bk.)
  • 9781134947546 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 792.80711 CHA
LOC classification:
  • GV1589 .T43 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction / Judith Chazin-Bennahum -- 1. Teaching Movement Analysis / Bill Evans -- 2. Dance Theory? / Susan Leigh Foster -- 3. From Improvisation to Choreography: The Critical Bridge / Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell -- 4. Wild Speculation and Simple Thoughts : Teaching Music to Dancers / Jeffrey Stolet -- 5. Teaching Dance on Film and Film Dance / Beth Genné -- 6. Teaching Dance History : A Querying Stance as Milennial Lens / Linda Tomko -- 7. On Teaching Dance Criticism / Mindy Aloff -- 8. The Anthropology of Dance : Textural, Theoretical, and Experiential Ways of Knowing / Jill Sweet -- 9. Standing Aside and Making Space: Mentoring Student Choreographers / Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell -- 10. Kinesiology and injury prevention / Virginia Wilmerding -- 11. Labanotation / Ilene Fox and Dawn Lille -- 12. Documentation, Preservation, and Access: Ensuring a Future for Dance's Legacy / Elizabeth Aldrich -- 13. Reflections on Educating Dance Educators / Susan W. Stinson.
Summary: Teaching Dance Studies is a practical guide, written by college professors and dancers/choreographers active in the field, introducing key issues in dance pedagogy. Many young people graduating from universities with degrees - either PhDs or MFAs - desire to teach dance, either in college settings or at local dance schools. This collection covers all areas of dance education, including improvisation/choreography; movement analysis; anthropology; theory; music for dance; dance on film; kinesiology/injury prevention; notation; history; archiving; and criticism. Among the contributors included in the volume are: Bill Evans, writing on movement analysis; Susan Foster on dance theory; Ilene Fox on notation; Linda Tomko addresses new approaches to teaching the history of all types of dance; and Elizabeth Aldrich writing on archiving. (source: Nielsen Book Data)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Judith Chazin-Bennahum -- 1. Teaching Movement Analysis / Bill Evans -- 2. Dance Theory? / Susan Leigh Foster -- 3. From Improvisation to Choreography: The Critical Bridge / Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell -- 4. Wild Speculation and Simple Thoughts : Teaching Music to Dancers / Jeffrey Stolet -- 5. Teaching Dance on Film and Film Dance / Beth Genné -- 6. Teaching Dance History : A Querying Stance as Milennial Lens / Linda Tomko -- 7. On Teaching Dance Criticism / Mindy Aloff -- 8. The Anthropology of Dance : Textural, Theoretical, and Experiential Ways of Knowing / Jill Sweet -- 9. Standing Aside and Making Space: Mentoring Student Choreographers / Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell -- 10. Kinesiology and injury prevention / Virginia Wilmerding -- 11. Labanotation / Ilene Fox and Dawn Lille -- 12. Documentation, Preservation, and Access: Ensuring a Future for Dance's Legacy / Elizabeth Aldrich -- 13. Reflections on Educating Dance Educators / Susan W. Stinson.

Teaching Dance Studies is a practical guide, written by college professors and dancers/choreographers active in the field, introducing key issues in dance pedagogy. Many young people graduating from universities with degrees - either PhDs or MFAs - desire to teach dance, either in college settings or at local dance schools. This collection covers all areas of dance education, including improvisation/choreography; movement analysis; anthropology; theory; music for dance; dance on film; kinesiology/injury prevention; notation; history; archiving; and criticism. Among the contributors included in the volume are: Bill Evans, writing on movement analysis; Susan Foster on dance theory; Ilene Fox on notation; Linda Tomko addresses new approaches to teaching the history of all types of dance; and Elizabeth Aldrich writing on archiving. (source: Nielsen Book Data)

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