Dramatic Dance
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Dramatic Dance

An Actor's Approach to Dance as a Dramatic Art

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Dramatic Dance

An Actor's Approach to Dance as a Dramatic Art

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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Information

Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781408173817
eBook ISBN
9781780933146
Edition
1
Subtopic
Dance

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction: Alternative Approaches – Making Dance Dramatic
  8. 1. Ancient Ideas: Dionysian Orchestration
  9. 2. Medieval Realms: Feudal Formations
  10. 3. Italian Balls: Renaissance Rhythms
  11. 4. Shaking with Shakespeare: Court and Country
  12. 5. Baroque around the Clock: Mincing by the Minuet
  13. 6. Nineteenth-century Coupling: Partners Please
  14. 7. Twentieth-century Foxtrots: Crazy Dances and Dance Crazes
  15. Conclusion: The Final Bow
  16. Further Study
  17. List of Online Nonsuch Dance Reconstructions