The Moment of Movement: Dance Improvisation

CONTENIDO:

Introduction

Acknowledgments

1. Movement, the Foundation of Dance Improvisation
Movement as Communication
The Creative Process
Creativity in Improv
Associations and Core Imagery
Multiple Intelligences

2. The Experimental Body of Knowledge
Kinesthetic Awareness
Phrasing
Forming
Relating
Abstracting and the Abstract

3. BeginnerŽs Questions

4. Creating a Conducive Environment
The Leader
The Atmosphere

5. LeadersŽ Concerns

6. Formats
Continuous Feed-in
Prestructured
Demonstration
Open Content and Structure

7. Music

8. Create Your Own Improv
The Stimulus
Working with the Stimulus
Structuring the Improv
Clarifying the Instructions
Ending
Editing and Presenting

9. Advanced Challenges
Challenging the Movers
Challenging the Leader

10. In Performance

11. Special Situations
The Space Glutton
The Dictator
The Wallflower
The Dancer
The Performer
The Oddball
The Intense One

12. Specific Populations
Choreographers
Dance Educators
Children
Actors
Senior Citizens
People with Disabilities
Therapy

13. Academic Issues

14. Sources
Trust and Relaxation
Individual Growth Schema
Self to Inner Self
Self to Outer Self
Self to Important Other
Self as Part of the Group
Self to the World
Sensory Awakening
Kinesthesia
Touch
Sight
Hearing
Speech
Smell and Taste
Elements of Movement
Space
Time
Energy
Movement and Movement Qualities
Composition
Phrasing
Overall Form
Transitions
Manipulation
Abstraction
Symbols
Accompaniment
Theatrics
Art Forms
Social Behavior

Index