The Intimate Act of Choreography

by Lynne Anne Blom and L. Tarin Chaplin

Book Overview

A comprehensive book that covers all aspects of choreography from the most fundamental techniques to highly sophisticated artistic concerns. The Intimate Act of Choreography presents the what and how of choreography in a workable format that begins with basics- - time, space, force -- and moves on to the more complex issues faced by the intermediate and advanced choreographer -- form, style, abstraction, compositional structures, and choreographic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822953420
• ISBN13: 9780822953425
• Release Date: June 1982
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Perfect for composition

If you're taking a composition class or teaching a composition class, this book IS the thing to use. It teaches you the basics, what will work, what might work, what won't work. It's wonderful!

The Intimate act of Choreography

This book is a masterpiece of creative and technical inspiration for choreographers eveywhere. It breaks dance down to its most minute details, and slowly builds into a work of art. This book is truly at the forefront of dance literature.