A choreographer's handbook / / Jonathan Burrows

• Autore: Burrows Jonathan
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, , 2010; ©2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 224 pages)
• Disciplina: 792.8/2
• Soggetto topico: Choreography - Study and teaching; Dance - Study and teaching
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-212) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Dancing / Principles -- Material -- Habits -- Repetition -- Repetition -- Repetition -- Improvisation / Cut and paste / Choreography -- Form -- Exploration / Risk -- Subject / Inspiration / Stealing / Familiar movement / Choreography / Referencing other sources / Self expression -- Contract / Performance space / Language / Choreography -- Breaking the rules -- Research / How and what? / Dramaturgy / Theory / Curiosity -- Interview / Unfinished business / Questions / Principles -- Financial limitations / Studios / Funding applications -- Preparation / Rehearsal schedule / Heaviness -- Collaboration / Audience -- Originality / Paradox -- Technique / Parrot on your shoulder / Authenticity / Daily practice / Dancing / Style / Fiddling -- Virtuosity -- Hoarding / Beginnings -- Endings -- Keeping it going / Pacing -- Dub reggae / Rate of change / Simple material / Desperation -- Stillness and silence / Fear of being boring; Minimal and maximal -- Does it work? / Showings / Mentoring -- Other bodies / States -- Distracting the self / Paradox / Choreography / Performance / Electric guitars -- Predictable and unpredictable / Expectation -- Narrative / Ballet / Continuity -- Continuity / Sectional pieces / Material / Make six things / Choreography / Flow / Relation -- Relation / Solos, duos, trios, quartets / Ideas; Relation / Time / Rhythm -- Time -- Abstract dance -- Counterpoint / Formal elements / Difference -- Scores / Studios / Improvisation -- Chance / Empty hands / Gamut of movements / Limitations / Laborious work / Philosophy -- Place or space? -- Audience / Facing the front / Confrontation / Humour / Failure -- Audience -- Performance / Principles -- The marketplace / Earning a living / Administrating the work / Commissions -- Music / Collaboration / Silence -- Text -- Lighting / Technicians / Collaboration / Costumes / Shoes or no shoes? / Set design / Nudity -- Titles -- Filming / History / Collaboration / Mirrors / Human-scale -- Hierarchies / Dancer or choreographer? / In it or out of it? / Who owns what? -- How can I simplify all of this? -- Forget all this.
• Sommario/riassunto: "On choreography: "Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking". On rules: "Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis". A Choreographer’s Handbook invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance. In an inspiring and unusually empowering sequence of stories, ideas and paradoxes, internationally renowned dancer, choreographer and teacher Jonathan Burrows explains how it’s possible to navigate a course through this complex process.It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice and professional journey, and draws upon five years’ of workshop discussions, led by Burrows.Burrows’ open and honest prose gives the reader access to a range of exercises, meditations, principles and ideas on choreography that allow artists and dance-makers to find their own aesthetic process.It is a book for anyone interested in making performance, at whatever level and in whichever style."--Provided by publisher.
• Titolo autorizzato: A choreographer's handbook
• ISBN: 9781136974571; 1-136-97457-1; 9781136974588; 1-136-97458-X; 9781282629684; 1-282-62968-9; 9780203852163; 0203852168; 0415555302; 9780415555296; 0415555299; 9780415555302
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791123003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II