You, the Choreographer: Creating and Crafting Dance
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YOU, THE CHOREOGRAPHER, Creating and Crafting Dance offers a synthesis of histories, theories, philosophies, and creative practices across diverse genres of concert dance choreography. The book is designed for readers at every stage of creative development who seek to refine their artistic sensibility. Through a review of major milestones in the field, including contributions to choreography from the humanities, arts, and modern sciences, readers will gain new perspectives on the historical development of choreography. Concise analyses of traditional fundamentals and innovative practices of dance construction, artistic research methods, and approaches to artistic collaboration offer readers new tools to build creative habits and expand their choreographic proficiencies. For learners and educators, this is a textbook. For emerging professionals, it is a professional-development tool. For established professionals, it is a companion handbook that reinvigorates inspiration. To all readers it offers a cumulative, systematic understanding of the art of dance making, with a wealth of cross-disciplinary references to create a dynamic map of creative practices in choreography. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction: I Choreograph, Therefore I Am Prologue: You, The Choreographer Book I. Time Travel: Choreographing Through The Ages Chapter 1: Stone Age: The Dawn of Dance — Choreographing Ritual Chapter 2: Ancient Age: Gods and Muses in Motion — Choreographing Art Chapter 3: Medieval Age: Leaping into Group Identity — Choreographing Symbol Chapter 4: Renaissance and Baroque Age: Waltzing Kingdoms — Choreographing Culture Chapter 5: Industrial Age: Dancing the Self — Choreographing Expression Chapter 6: Information Age: Turning Against the Norm — Choreographing Experimentation Chapter 7: Integral Age: Conceiving Progressive Coherency — Choreographing Integration Book II. Mind and Muscle: The Body, Intellect, and Creative Spirit Chapter 8: The Moving Body as a Work of Art — Corpus Cognitus Chapter 9: Dissection of a Glorious Mind — Inside the Brain of the Choreographer Chapter 10: Intuitive Craftsmanship — Handling Perfect Imperfections Book III. Concept and Context: Innovation, Intentionality, and Individuality Chapter 11: Inventive Creativity — In Art, Everything is Possible Chapter 12: Framing Content and Sorting Concepts — Logistics of the Unlimited Chapter 13: Choreographic Individuality and Artistic Identity — The Search for Who I Am Book IV. Form and Formlessness: Generating Movement Material Chapter 14: The Emergence of Movement — First Crawl and Walk, Then Run Chapter 15: Dance Improvisation — Embracing Choreographic Adventures Chapter 16: Choreographic Phrase — Diving into the Movement Flow Book V. Process and Progress: Developing Movement Material Chapter 17: Choreographic Devices and Operations — Growing a Dance Garden Chapter 18: Structure and Restructure, Construct and Deconstruct — Architecting a Dance Chapter 19: Physical Dramaturgy — Making a Monument out of Movement Book VI. Sonic Swing: Dance The Music, Music the Dance Chapter 20: Melody in Motion — Are Music and Dance Best Friends Forever? Chapter 21: Attract and Retract — Seeking, Choosing, and Working with Music Chapter 22: Body of Sound — Dancing Silence, Noise, Soundscape, and Spoken Word Book VII. Picture Perfect: Venture Follows Vision Chapter 23: Nurturing Semantics — Naming a Newborn Dance and Raising a Brand Chapter 24: Piecing a Production Together — Think Costumes, Lights and Scenic Design Chapter 25: A Career in Choreography — Dancing Decisions Moving Forward Index Book Creative Team: Biographies
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