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Nikolais Alwin |
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The Nikolais/Louis dance technique : a philosophy and method of modern dance / / by Alwin Nikolais & Murray Louis |
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New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
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1-315-53876-8 |
1-134-95580-4 |
1-134-95573-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (393 pages) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Modern dance |
Modern dance - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Biography of Alwin Nikolais -- Biography of Murray Louis -- Introduction -- SECTION I Definitions -- Basic Dance -- Vision of a New Technique -- Decentralization -- Grain -- Gravity and Verticality -- The Psyche -- Stasis -- Dynamics and Energies -- Sensory Perception -- Movement Range -- Three Conditions of Energy -- SECTION II Creating: Improvisation and Composition -- Defining Improvisation -- Gestalt -- Nature and Art -- The Language of Criticism -- Composition -- SECTION III The Class Manual -- Introduction to the Classes -- The Body as an Instrument -- The Dimensional Concept -- Alignment -- The Stretches -- Up and Down-Vertical-The PlieĢ -- Across the Floor -- Week 1: Locomotion and Dimensions -- Week 2: Isolating Body Parts (Isolations) -- Week 3: Body Parts (Continued) -- Week 4: Levels -- Week 5: The Joints and Joint Action -- Week 6: Rotary Action -- Week 7: Grain and Density -- Week 8: Gravity and Upward Willpower -- Week 9: Swing, Centripetal, and Centrifugal Momentum -- Week 10: Undercurves -- Week 11: Overcurves and Mirror Action -- Major Principles of Dance (The Big Four) -- Week 12: Space: Volume and Peripheral -- Week 13: Time -- Week 14: Shape -- Motion -- Week 15: Motion -- Week 16: Abstraction |
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