Modern dance [[electronic resource] ] : techniques and teaching / / by Getrude Shurr and Rachael Dunaven Yocom

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451031803321
• Autore: Shurr Gertrude
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Dance Horizons, 1980
• ISBN: 0-87127-269-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): YocomRachael Dunaven
• Disciplina: 793.307
• Soggetti: Dance - Study and teaching; Modern dance; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: New York : Ronald Press Co., 1949.
• Nota di contenuto: About the Authors; Foreword to This Edition; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Ch 1 Modern Dance in Education; Ch 2 About the Book; Ch 3 Dance Warm Ups; Ch 4 Dance Exercises; Ch 5 Dance Techniques; Glossary
• Sommario/riassunto: Modern Dance Techniques and Teaching is truly one of a kind: it is the only book to be published documenting Martha Graham's movement philosophy, as recorded by two of Graham's original followers. The purpose of the book, according to its authors, is ""to analyze, illustrate and organize for teaching purposes some of the vocabulary (techniques) of modern dance to provide a reference and a guide for teachers and students of modern dance.""The book is divided into three sections: Dance Warm-ups: Floor and Standing; Dance Exercises: Floor and Standing; Dance Techniques: Floor,