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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809726903321

Autore

Shurr Gertrude

Titolo

Modern dance : techniques and teaching / / Getrude Shurr, Rachael Dunaven Yocom

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Dance Horizons, 1980

ISBN

0-87127-269-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

YocomRachael Dunaven

Disciplina

793.307

Soggetti

Dance - Study and teaching

Modern dance

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.