
- 224 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Dance is part of the art of theatre, a part which connects to movement, to communication, to improvisation, and to performance. It cannot exist on its own in the context of dramatic performance, but works in conjunction with other elements to enable meanings to be created in performance. Dramatic Dance sets a programme for actors to perform dance as part of the drama, offering several approaches which can contribute to developing this understanding, to training this skill, and always ensuring that the whole active and thinking body and mind are fully engaged with the task of making dance an integral and vital part of theatre. To study dance in this way allows students to develop further their understanding of logic and structure in a dramatic text. Many books deal with one aspect of dance or another: some on dance training, some on dance history, some on Rudolf Laban's ideas, some as dance manuals, and some as academic papers. Dramatic Dance is the first book to act as a comprehensive guide for theatre practice, bringing together these different, complementary disciplines.
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Table of contents
- FC
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Alternative Approaches – Making Dance Dramatic
- 1. Ancient Ideas: Dionysian Orchestration
- 2. Medieval Realms: Feudal Formations
- 3. Italian Balls: Renaissance Rhythms
- 4. Shaking with Shakespeare: Court and Country
- 5. Baroque around the Clock: Mincing by the Minuet
- 6. Nineteenth-century Coupling: Partners Please
- 7. Twentieth-century Foxtrots: Crazy Dances and Dance Crazes
- Conclusion: The Final Bow
- Further Study
- List of Online Nonsuch Dance Reconstructions