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035 _a(OCoLC)939982044
040 _beng
_cAMPA
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_a792.82
_bHUM
100 1 _aHumphrey, Doris
_d1895-1958
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aThe art of making dances /
_cby Doris Humphrey ; edited by Barbara Pollack.
260 _aLondon :
_bDance Books Ltd.,
_c1959.
300 _a3-189 p :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _aOriginally published: New York : Reinhart, 1959.
505 _tAN INTRODUCTION TO CHOREOGRAPHY :
_r1. The Sleeping Beauty --
_r2. Choreographers Are Special People --
_r3. Sources of Subject Matter - What to Dance About? --
_r4. The Theme --
_tTHE CRAFT :
_r5. The Ingredients and the Tools --
_r6. Design Part 1 Symmetry and Asymmetry --
_r7. Design Part 2 For One and More Bodies --
_r8. Design Part 3 The Phrase --
_r9. Design Part 4 The Stage Space --
_r10. Design Part 5 Small groups --
_r11. Dynamics --
_r12. Rhythm --
_r13. Motivation and Gesture --
_r14. Words --
_r15. Music --
_r16. Sets and Props --
_r17. Form --
_tSUMMING UP :
_r18. Check Lit --
_r19. Conclusion.
520 _a"Doris Humphrey's 'The Art of Making Dances' is perhaps the most important book of its kind ever published. Written just before her death in 1958, it is Miss Humphrey's autobiography in art, a gathering together of her experiences in performances and a lucid and practical source book on choreography. One of the truly great figures in the dance world - a pioneer of American modern dance, a great choreographer and teacher whose influences and innovations are apparent everywhere in the field - Miss Humphrey has given us the first modern book on the "art" of choreography, an indispensable guide not only for the modern dance but for all stage creations. 'The Art of Modern Dances' presents modern dance as theater. It contains a short history of the dance and various chapters discuss design, dynamics, and rhythm of dance. It includes a check list for composers of dances and an appendix of all the dances composed by Miss Humphrey." -- Book cover
650 0 _aDance
_vModern dance
650 0 _aChoreography
_vTheories
700 1 _4edt
_aPollack, Barbara
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_cBK
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