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Dance Composition Basics: Capturing the Choreographer's Craft. Text with DVD

Sofras, Pamela Anderson

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Book Information
Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Human Kinetics
ISBN:	0-7360-5532-0 (0736055320)
ISBN-13:	978-0-7360-5532-1 (9780736055321)
New Edition:	1-4925-7125-3
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	2006
Publish Date:	01/06
Weight:	1.15 Lbs.
Pages:	163
Carton Quantity:	34
Subject Class:	EDU (Education)
Remarks:	A New Edition of this Title is Available
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 10 months provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
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Abstract:

Text instruction can go only so far in teaching how to create dances. Dance Composition Basics picks up where other textbooks leave off, with a bound-in DVD that features professional choreographers and dancers in action. Designed for beginning college-level dance composition courses and dance educators at the middle and high school levels, this textbook and DVD package highlights selected portions of original dance compositions by two noted choreographers. The works of Alonzo King (Chants and Dreamer) and Dwight Rhoden (Verge) are recorded and analyzed to sequence the choreographic process. Students are able to witness a progression that takes them from conceiving and refining an idea to improvising and solving movement problems to shaping and performing dances. The methods featured in Dance Composition Basics can be applied to a variety of dance styles including ballet, modern, and jazz. Each of the 27 lessons serves as a starting point that encourages novice dancers to embark on their own attempts at choreography with more confidence.

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