| Description |
xxii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I -- Introduction 1 -- 1 Introduction: life after Stages 3 -- 2 Improvisation - access - training - touching on a definition 7 -- 3 A little on language, disability, integration and inclusivity 12 -- 4 Disability-specific groups and the Simpson Board 19 -- 5 A serious dislocation 23 -- The god, the bad and the ugly: three approaches to dance in -- one mythical family 23 -- Apollo's mission: the elevation and inaccessibility of dance 24 -- Louis XIV: the king who stole space to make steps 25 -- Darwin, eugenics and state control 26 -- 'Some of the people' v. 'All of the people'; Hitler v. F. D. Roosevelt 28 -- Natura non facit saltum: leaps of the imagination - Cunningham -- and Keller 29 -- Natura facit saltum: nature dances, and so do disabled people; -- contact improvisation and developments in America 30 -- A dance whose time had come: disabled people make an -- entrance 32 -- X marks the spot: X.24 to X6 - contemporary and new dance -- initiatives in the UK 36 -- The hobbling dance 40 -- 6 'Just' moving: ethics, integration aod the discipline of -- improvisation 43 -- 7 The great mistake: response-abilitvl and feedback 49 -- 8 Tension seekers: a poet/hunter's glide to improvisation 52 -- 9 Tension as a guide to feedback 55 -- 10 Demons and dragons: some thoughts on becoming blocked -- in improvisation 59 -- 11 Is it therapy? 62 -- Tears and fears 65 -- 12 Special schools, special students and integrated practice 67 -- Learning with difficulty 68 -- When to say 'no' 68 -- 13 Lost narrative 71 -- 14 Access v. excellence 73 -- Setting up 73 -- An integrated group does not handicap its non-disabled -- dancers 74 -- Selection criteria 75 -- PART II -- Exercises and Improvisations 77 -- 15 Working against resistance: an introduction to the improvisations -- and exercises. 79 -- 16 An unruly location 82 -- Ground rules in the studio 82 -- The dance space 86 -- Wheelchairs: safety and etiquette 87 -- Hard metal, soft bodies: avoiding in ury 89 -- Helping yourself: teachers' supports 91 -- 17 Introductory work 93 -- 1 Stretching a point 94 -- 2 Flock: in search of a 'common sknse' 97 -- Breath, proximity and distance 100 -- 3 Spirit level 101 -- 4 Breathing Space 102 -- 5 Seaweed exercise 104 -- 6 Linear pathways exercise 106 -- 7 Receiving: stopped in your tracks 110 -- 8 Open hand 112 -- 18 Listening through touch 115 -- 9 Leading and following 115 -- 10 Interloper: introducing the third person 125 -- 11 Departures 127 -- 12 Freewheeling 127 -- 13 The art of stealing 130 -- 14 Cascade 132 -- 15 Aerial pathways 135 -- 19 Making an entrance in time and space 137 -- 16 Crossing the line: 'inscaping' not escaping 139 -- Lessons in non-competition: hubris and nemesis 142 -- 17 Crossing the line on time 142 -- Arch Enemies and rites of passage 143 -- 18 Making an entrance: a development of crossing the line 144 -- 19 Entrance/exit 145 -- 20 Encounters 146 -- 21 Vocal scores 147 -- 20 Con-temp-lation: thinking about space, time and centre 150 -- A meditation in situ 150 -- What is the point of balance? 152 -- 22 Pivot: an introduction to plateau 153 -- 23 Plateau: A practical exploration 153 -- 24 Balancing the picture 154 -- Ordering space 155 -- 25 Playing for space 156 -- 26 Resting is dancing 157 -- 27 Free improvisation in the studio 159 -- 28 Improvisations and the environment 159 -- 21 Graceful ways, or seaching for clews 163 -- 29 Traverse: travelling in a group 164 -- 30 Narrative traverse 167 -- 31 Narrative, musical, traverse 168 -- 32 The far side 168 -- 33 Amoeba, and the single-cell solo 170 -- 22 Individual considerations 172 -- 34 Soloing: an exercise in confron ing dragons 172 -- 35 Contradiction: Creating countdr movements 173 -- 23 Lightly balanced on the edge of certre 177 -- 36 Reaching: a warm-up 178 -- 37 Suspended weight: a developmdnt of reaching 179 -- 38 Testing structures 181 -- 39 Tilting sculptural forms 182 -- 40 Dynamic stretch 183 -- 41 Ropes and mountains 185 -- 42 The gentle circle 186 -- Disabled students and lifting 188 -- 24 Counter-balances and chair tilts: diding with Newtonian physics 190 -- 43 Back tilting from the front 192 -- 44 Back tilting from behind 194 -- 45 Partnered side tilt using a manual chair 196 -- 25 Art and theatre 199 -- 46 Freeze-frame 199 -- 47 Line dance 201 -- 48 Impressions 202 -- 49 Placement replacement 205 -- 26 Speed and timing 207 -- 50 Gateway: without deviation or hksitation 208 -- 51 Gauntlet 211 -- 27 A little more time: exercises to develop an understanding -- of rhythm and the duration of a simple gesture or action 214 -- 52 A simple exercise in timing 214 -- 53 A not so simple exercise in timin4 216 -- 54 A not at all simple exercise in timing 216 -- 28 Live music 218 -- 55 Calling 219 -- Musicians and dancers 222 -- 56 In opposition 222 |
| Summary |
This volume is a practical introduction to teaching dance with disabled and non-disabled students. Designed for beginners and those are already active in the field, it includes over 50 exercises and improvisations, and hints on the practicalities of setting up workshops |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography and index |
| Subject |
Dance.
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Dancers with disabilities.
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Dance -- Social aspects.
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| LC no. |
2001041226 |
| ISBN |
0415251435 alkaline paper |
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0415251443 paperback alkaline paper |
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