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A Measured Pace : Toward a Philosophical Understanding of the Arts of Dance.

A Measured Pace is a wide-ranging and substantial contribution to a philosophical understanding of dance.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sparshott, F. E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Toronto studies in philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction
  • PART ONE: Kinds of Dance
  • 2 The Problem of Classification
  • 2.1 How Showbiz Did It
  • 2.2 How Libraries Do It
  • 2.3 Dances as Individuals
  • 2.4 Dimensions of Meaning
  • 2.5 Quality and Context
  • 3 Classification by Context
  • 3.1 Self-defined and Other-defined
  • 3.2 Forms of Life
  • 3.3 Amateur and Professional
  • 3.4 Regular and Irregular
  • 3.5 Audiences
  • 3.6 Dancers
  • 3.7 The Context of Art
  • 3.8 Motivations and Meanings
  • 4 Mimesis
  • 4.1 Quality: Intrinsic Classifications
  • 4.2 Formal and Mimetic
  • 5 Expression
  • 5.1 Individual Expression
  • 5.2 Social Expression
  • 5.3 Being in the World
  • 6 Formal Principles of Movement
  • 6.1 Basic Movement Types
  • 6.2 Recapitulation
  • 7 Anatomy
  • 7.1 Feet and Hands
  • 7.2 Whole and Part
  • 8 Units and Systems
  • 8.1 Units of Movement
  • 8.2 Movement Systems
  • 9 Rhythm
  • 9.1 The Conceptual Question
  • 9.2 The Basics
  • 9.3 The Sources of Rhythm
  • 9.4 Repetition, Pattern, and Flow
  • 9.5 More Conceptual Questions
  • 9.6 The Uniqueness of Rhythms in Art
  • 10 One and Many
  • 10.1 One among Many
  • 10.2 Groups
  • 10.3 Chorus and Solo
  • 10.4 Couples
  • 10.5 Conclusion
  • 11 Modes of Dance Organization
  • 11.1 Narrative
  • 11.2 Music
  • 11.3 Dance Form
  • 11.4 Conclusion
  • PART TWO: Dance and Related Fields
  • 12 Dance and Music
  • 12.1 Symbiosis
  • 12.2 The Art of Dance and the Art of Music
  • 12.3 The Relation of a Dance to Its Music
  • 12.4 Music Structure and Dance Structure
  • 13 Dance and Language
  • 13.1 Verbal Mediation
  • 13.2 Gesture
  • 13.3 Dancing and Talking
  • 13.4 What Is Language?
  • 13.5 The Semiological Extension
  • 14 Dance and Theatre
  • 14.1 Performing Arts
  • 14.2 Dance and Drama
  • 14.3 Dance and Scene
  • PART THREE: Aspects of Dance
  • 15 Dance Values
  • 15.1 Singularities
  • 15.2 Generalities.
  • 15.3 Dance Criticism
  • 15.4 Conclusion
  • 16 Dancer and Spectator
  • 17 Learning to Dance
  • 17.1 Learning Dances
  • 17.2 Learning Dancing
  • 17.3 Learning to Dance for the Public
  • 17.4 From the Particular to the General
  • 17.5 The Solitary Dancer
  • 17.6 Conclusion
  • 18 Dance and Choreography
  • 18.1 The Basic Hierarchy
  • 18.2 Composition and Execution
  • 18.3 Choreography and the Dimensions of Dance
  • 18.4 What Choreographers Need to Know
  • 18.5 The Necessity of Choreography
  • 18.6 Margins of Choreography
  • 19 The Identity of a Dance
  • 19.1 Dance and Dancer
  • 19.2 Performance Type and Performance Token
  • 19.3 Performance and Performing
  • 19.4 The Identity of a Dance
  • 20 Recording Dance
  • 20.1 Score and Transcription
  • 20.2 Notation
  • 20.3 Film and Video
  • 20.4 Conclusion
  • 21 Conclusion
  • 22 Afterword: The Three Graces
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
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