| Description |
xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Before the Workgroup -- 2. The Open Theatre, 1969 -- 3. On the Road, 1969-1970 -- 4. The Workgroup Workshop, 1969 -- 5. The Precursor Workgroup, 1969 -- 6. The First Workgroup, 1971-1972 -- 7. The Second Workgroup, 1972-1973 -- 8. The Final Workgroup, 1973-1974 -- 9. On the Road Again, 1974- -- 10. Improvising Jazz, 1990 -- 11. Teaching, Directing and Performing Improvisation -- 12. Playing Areas, Lights and Costumes -- 13. Music, Musicians and Improvisation -- Appendix A: Helen Tamiris -- Appendix B: A Dialogue -- Appendix C: Hello Farewell Hello -- Sequential Index of EGAS -- Alphabetical Index of EGAS |
| Summary |
"The first in a trilogy of books by one of the leading figures in American dance, Dance and the Specific Image includes more than 100 improvisational structures that Daniel Nagrin created with his company, the Workgroup, and taught in dance classes and workshops throughout the United States. Robby Barnett of the Pilobolus Dance Theater called the book "a vivid and fascinating document of his thinkinǵmore movement and performance and, of course, on his own extraordinary life in dance." -- Publisher's blurb |
| Analysis |
Dancing |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Also available on the Internet |
| Subject |
Workgroup (Dance group) -- History.
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Improvisation in dance.
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Workgroup (Dance group) History
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| LC no. |
93027793 |
| ISBN |
082293776X (alk. paper) |
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0822955202 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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