Notation category: 10 books

There is no archive or museum of human movement, no place where choreographies can be collected and conserved in pristine form. The central consequence of this is the incapacity of philosophy and aesthetics to think of dance as a positive and empirical art. In the eyes of philosophers, dance refers...

Now perhaps, the world is ready for Telesymbols. With a perpetual state of no-win war, even the corporate executives realize that our losses in war are too great. So many people and countries now want to mediate this peace, which looks so impossibly far away, it just might happen. Telesymbols can...

This comprehensive book will serve as a step-by-step guide to Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, updating and expanding concepts and practices. Following extensive research on the method developed by Rudolf von Laban and his disciples, this book explains movement principles, exercises, and...

Zumba is a fitness program that combines Latin and international music with dance moves. Zumba routines incorporate interval training- alternating fast and slow rhythms- and resistance training.   An aerobic activity, Zumba can count toward the 150 minutes a week of moderate aerobic...

Drawing on avant garde and classical Japanese dance traditions, the Alishina Method offers a systematized approach to Butoh dance training for the first time in its history. With practical instruction and fully illustrated exercises, this book teaches readers: · basic body training and expression...

Born into a family of successful playwrights and producers, Agnes de Mille was determined to be an actress. Then one day she witnessed the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova, and her life was altered forever. Hypnotized by Pavlova’s beauty, in that moment de Mille dedicated herself to dance. Her...

This book describes the terminology, dancing and teaching techniques used for modern line dancing. It describes the skills and competencies required for participants in all facets of the line dance industry, from dancer and instructor, through to choreographer, event coordinator, DJ and stage performer. For...

What happens when machines teach humans to dance? Dance video games transform players' experiences of popular music, invite experimentation with gendered and racialized movement styles, and present new possibilities for teaching, learning, and archiving choreography. Drawing on five years of research...

Une fiche de référence sur Pina, un chef-d'oeuvre de Wim Wenders. Cela faisait des années que Wim Wenders rêvait de filmer la danse de Pina Bausch. Depuis un soir de 1985 où Café Müller, spectacle phare donné au Teatro La Fenice de Venise, a provoqué en lui un choc : « Je n'en croyais...

Because dance materializes through and for people, because we learn to dance from others and often present dance to others, the moment of its transmission is one of dance's central and defining features. Valuing Dance looks at the occasion when dancing passes from one person to another as an act of...