Dance Composition: A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making [With DVD]

By Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard

Book Overview

"A book which has remained seminal in its field as one of the key texts in dance education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard delves into the creative arena of dance with a logic unmatched by any other creative author in this field" Speech and Drama

"Jacqueline Smith-Autard has made significant contributions to the development of dance in education in the UK and abroad" National Dance Teachers Association

Dance composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. This book, a bestseller for over twenty years, is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and is a popular textbook for all those who are interested in dance composition, from secondary school to university.

This new edition includes online video resources taken from Choreographic Outcomes, a groundbreaking advanced technology resource pack aimed at comprehensively improving students' choreography. The book has been revised, redesigned and expanded. Reference to the online video is made throughout the book and new assignments based on the video material are included.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1408115646
• ISBN13: 9781408115640
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

It really is a guide to creative success

This book is great! From the first page down it helps you out in easy to follow guides. As you read it you are already getting different ideas for your choreography. It gives you graphics, pictures, info from the simplest thing to the most complex(music, solo, group, idea, etc). Must read for any choreographer out there!