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The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique : a Philosophy and Method of Modern Dance.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Louis, Murray
Other Authors: Nikolais, Alwin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Taylor and Francis, 2016.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Biography of Alwin Nikolais; Biography of Murray Louis; Introduction; SECTION I Definitions; Basic Dance; Vision of a New Technique; Decentralization; Grain; Gravity and Verticality; The Psyche; Stasis; Dynamics and Energies; Sensory Perception; Movement Range; Three Conditions of Energy; SECTION II Creating
  • Improvisation and Composition; Defining Improvisation; Gestalt; Nature and Art; The Language of Criticism; Composition; SECTION III The Class Manual; Introduction to the Classes; The Body as an Instrument; The Dimensional Concept.
  • AlignmentThe Stretches; Up and Down-Vertical-The Plié; Across the Floor; Week 1-Locomotion and Dimensions; Week 2-Isolating Body Parts (Isolations); Week 3-Body Parts (Continued); Week 4-Levels; Week 5-The Joints and Joint Action; Week 6-Rotary Action; Week 7-Grain and Density; Week 8-Gravity and Upward Willpower; Week 9-Swing, Centripetal, and Centrifugal Momentum; Week 10-Undercurves; Week 11-Overcurves and Mirror Action; Major Principles of Dance (The Big Four); Week 12-Space-Volume and Peripheral; Week 13-Time; Week 14-Shape; Motion; Week 15-Motion; Week 16-Abstraction.
  • Week 17-Review TechniqueWeek 18-Realism to Abstraction; Week 19-Diagonals; Week 20-Circles; Week 21-Falls; Week 22-Suspension Points; Week 23-Percussion and Prop Extension; Week 24-Lyricism; Adjuncts to Choreographic and Performing Skills; Week 25-The Showing: Performance; Consonance and Summation; A Brief Review; Postscript; About the DVD.