Screen LibraryNew directions in dance : collected writings from the Seventh Dance in Canada Conference held at the University of Waterloo, Canada, June 1979 /
New Directions in Dance.
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Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Toronto ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1979] ©1979 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Pergamon international series on dance and related disciplines
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080247731 |
| Summary: |
New Directions in Dance. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781483279800 1483279804 |
| Index Number: | GV1583 |
| CLC: | J7-532 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; New Directions in Dance; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Aesthetics and Criticism; Chapter 1. Aristotle's Dramatic Theories Applied To Dance Criticism; Abstract; Hierarchy of Elements; Character; Causality and Unity; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 2. Does Collingwood's Principles of Art Contain a Theory of Dance?; Abstract; What is Not Dance; The Stuff of the Arts: Dance and its Status as the Mother of All Languages and Arts; How Dance (and the Arts) Communicate; Standards; The Artist and the Community; Notes; Bibliography. Chapter 3. Semiotics and Theatre DanceAbstract; Syntax and Syntagm; Dance Poetics; Code and Message; Code and Context; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4. Parallel Trends in the Development of German Expressionist Painting and Modern Dance; Abstract; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 5. Children as a Dance Audience; Abstract; Method; Dance Stimuli; Measuring Instrument; Test Situation; Results; Discussion; Notes; Appendix A. Pilot Questionnaire; Appendix B. Revised Questionnaire; Chapter 6. On Critics and Criticism of Dance; Abstract; Introduction; Dance Criticism from the Seventeenth Century Onward. Future Directions in Dance CriticismNotes; Bibliography; Part II: History; Chapter 7. Whither Canadian Dance History?; Abstract; Notes; Chapter 8. Canadian Choreographers: Brydon Paige; Abstract; Chapter 9. Fokine's Manifesto and Les Sylphides; Abstract; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 10. The American Debut of Adeline Gene e; Abstract; Notes; Bibliography; Part III: The Application of Science; Chapter 11. Physics and Ballet: A New Pas de Deux; Abstract; Illusion in Dance; Physics and the Improvement of Technique; Effects of Size and Shape in Dancers; Quantitative Studies of Turns; Conclusion. NotesChapter 12. Structure in Motion: The Influence of Morphology, Experience, and the Ballet Barre on Verticality of Alignment in the Performance of the Plie ; Abstract; Introduction; PROBLEM; METHOD; RESULTS; CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Chapter 13. A Survey of Dance Injuries; Abstract; Notes; Part IV: Notation; Chapter 14. Notation of Dance With Computer Assistance; Abstract; Introduction; The Labanotation Interpreter; Current Problems and Future Developments; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 15. Sutton Movement Shorthand Dance Writing; Abstract; Part V: Policy and Education. Chapter 16. Policies And Politics In The ArtsChapter 17. The Study of the Dance Teaching Process, a Step Towards a More Efficient Dance Education; Abstract; Introduction; The Improvement of Canadian Public Dance Education; Research in the Teaching of Dance; Changes in the Basic Research Paradigm; Descriptive Studies of Dance Classes; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 18. Creative Teaching For Dance Technique; Abstract; Leap Sequence; Notes; Chapter 19. Enhancing Dance Competence: An Analysis of the Information-Processing Demands; Abstract; Perceptual-Encoding Processes in Learning a Dance Technique |