Contact Improvisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contact Improvisation write by Cheryl Pallant. This book was released on 2017-02-16. Contact Improvisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In most forms of dancing, performers carry out their steps with a distance that keeps them from colliding with each other. Dancer Steve Paxton in the 1970s considered this distance a territory for investigation. His study of intentional contact resulted in a public performance in 1972 in a Soho gallery, and the name "contact improvisation" was coined for the form of unrehearsed dance he introduced. Rather than copyrighting it, Paxton allowed it to evolve and spread. In this book the author draws upon her own experience and research to explain the art of contact improvisation, in which dance partners propel movement by physical contact. They roll, fall, spiral, leap, and slip along the contours and momentum of moving bodies. The text begins with a history, then describes the elements that define this form of dance. Subsequent chapters explore how contact improvisation relates to self and identity; how class, race, gender, culture and physiology influence dance; how dance promotes connection in a culture of isolation; and how it relates to the concept of community. The final chapter is a collection of exercises explained in the words of teachers from across the United States and abroad. Appendix A describes how to set up and maintain a weekly jam; Appendix B details recommended reading, videos and Web sites. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Caught Falling
Caught Falling - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Caught Falling write by David Koteen. This book was released on 2021-03-16. Caught Falling available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Caught falling is the inside-out of Nancy Stark Smith's life through the kaleidoscope of the dance form contact improvisation. The books itself is a multifaceted crystal-fourteen years in the making." -- blurb.
Sharing the Dance
Sharing the Dance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Sharing the Dance write by Cynthia J. Novack. This book was released on 1990-08-15. Sharing the Dance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Sharing the Dance, Cynthia Novack considers the development of contact improvisation within its web of historical, social, and cultural contexts. This book examines the ways contact improvisers (and their surrounding communities) encode sexuality, spontaneity, and gender roles, as well as concepts of the self and society in their dancing. While focusing on the changing practice of contact improvisation through two decades of social transformation, Novack’s work incorporates the history of rock dancing and disco, the modern and experimental dance movements of Merce Cunningham, Anna Halprin, and Judson Church, among others, and a variety of other physical activities, such as martial arts, aerobics, and wrestling.
Contact Improvisation
Contact Improvisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contact Improvisation write by Thomas Kaltenbrunner. This book was released on 2004. Contact Improvisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Books about contact improvisation are hard to find and it is even more difficult to find books containing specific exercises, instructions and ideas on how to lead a Contact Improvisation workshop. Each Contact-teacher has his or her own area of interest--a complete survey has not yet been published in spite of growing public awareness. This book ......
Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation
Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation write by Malaika Sarco-Thomas. This book was released on 2020-09-14. Thinking Touch in Partnering and Contact Improvisation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. What happens when artists take touch as a starting point for embodied research? This collection of essays offers unique insights into contact in dance, by considering the importance of touch in choreography, philosophy, scientific research, social dance, and education. The performing arts have benefitted from the growth of an ever-widening spectrum of tactile explorations since the advent of contact improvisation (CI) in 1972. Building on the research proposal CI offers, partnering forms such as tango, martial arts, and somatic therapies have helped shape the landscape of embodied practices in contemporary dance. Presenting a range of practitioner and scholarly perspectives relevant to undergraduate students and researchers alike, this volume considers the significance of touch in the development of 21st century pedagogy, art-making, and performance philosophy.
