New DanceDealing exclusively with developments in modern dance since 1951, this book is for anyone who wishes to understand and experience nonliteral dance: students and teachers, dancers and critics. |
Contents
1 The Nature of Nonliteral Dance | 3 |
2 Materials and Structure of Nonliteral Dance | 27 |
3 Approaches to Choreography | 31 |
4 Principles of Nonliteral Choreography | 63 |
5 Music and Dance | 71 |
6 Lighting for Dance | 94 |
Bibliography on Dance | 107 |
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