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Author Franklin, Eric N., author.

Title Dance imagery for technique and performance / Eric Franklin.

Publication Info. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, [2014]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  792.807 F831D    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xvi, 374 : illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-367) and index.
Contents pt. I. Art and science of imagery -- 1. History, theory, and uses of imagery -- Benefits of using imagery in dance -- 2. Types and effectiveness of imagery -- Direct imagery -- Imagery strings -- pt. II. Discovering and exploring imagery -- 3. Discovering imagery -- Nature -- Movies -- Literary arts -- Music -- Visual arts -- Propensity toward imagery -- 4. Basic movement imagery and exercises -- Intention -- Whole-body sensation -- Space -- Weight -- Music and rhythm -- Connections through the body -- Breath and flow -- 5. Imagery in dance improvisation -- Improvisation and dance technique -- Improvisation with children -- Imagery improvisation exercises -- Contact improvisation and imagery -- pt. III. Imagery in dance technique classes -- 6. Teaching dance with imagery -- Elements of making progress -- Function and anatomy -- Effort and tension -- Alignment paradox -- Guidelines for teachers -- Guidelines for students -- 7. Floorwork, walking, and running -- Pelvis as a strong sitting base -- Upper-body motion while sitting -- Falls to the floor -- Rolls on the ground -- Floor barre -- Stillness and slow movement -- The foot -- 8. Plié -- 9. Tendu-based movements -- Battement tendu/dégagé (Jeté) -- Rond de jambe à terre -- Battement fondu (demi-plié on one leg) -- Battement frappé
10. Développé and other extensions -- Creating smooth action in the hip joint -- Extensions in the back -- Releasing tension, embodying fascia -- 11. Arabesque, attitude, and grand battement -- Research on imagery for the plié arabesque -- Grand battement -- 12. Swings, arches, and spirals -- 13. Upper-body gestures -- Port de bras (arm gestures) -- Hands -- Face -- Eyes -- Neck -- 14. Turns -- From crawls to pirouettes -- Natural turners -- What you can learn from a spinning top -- Turning with the whole body -- Angular motion -- Phases of turning in pirouettes -- 15. Jumps -- Speed and leverage -- Anatomical considerations -- The foot in jumping -- Elastic leaps and rhythmic rebound -- Traveling leaps and turning leaps -- Breathing before jumping -- Arms and leaping -- Floors and soft landings -- 16. Partnering -- Using imagery in partnering -- pt. IV. Imagery in choreography, rest, and regeneration -- 17. Imagery and performance quality -- Expressivity -- Authenticity -- Endowment -- Magical outfit -- Performance environment -- Relationship with the audience -- Stepping onstage -- 18. Rest and regeneration -- Using your hands -- Releasing touch -- Constructive rest -- Guided imagery.
Summary Using imagery to improve dancing and artistic expression. Renowned master teacher Eric Franklin has thoroughly updated his classic text, Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, providing dancers and dance teachers with a deep understanding of how they can use imagery to improve their dancing and artistic expression in class and in performance. The 300 illustrations cover the major topics in the book, showing exercises to use in technique, artistic expression and performance. This new edition of Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance can be used with Franklin's Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, Second Edition, or on its own. Either way, readers will learn how to combine technical expertise with imagery skills to enrich their performance, and they will discover methods they can use to explore how imagery connects with dance improvisation and technique.
Subject Dance -- Study and teaching.
Improvisation in dance.
Imagery (Psychology)
Choreography -- Study and teaching.
Exercise.
Choreography -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00858609
Dance -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst00887472
Exercise. (OCoLC)fst00917991
Imagery (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst00967541
Improvisation in dance. (OCoLC)fst00968315
Ausdruckstanz. (DE-588)4134757-2
Bewegungslehre. (DE-588)4069421-5
Choreographie. (DE-588)4069977-8
Imagination. (DE-588)4072730-0
Improvisation. (DE-588)4127993-1
Sportliche Technik. (DE-588)4182462-3
Tanz. (DE-588)4059028-8
Konstnärlig dans -- studier och undervisning.
Dansundervisning.
ISBN 9780736067881
0736067884
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