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A Choreographer's Handbook

By - : Burrows, Jonathan
Floor - Floor 3
Published - Routledge, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, 2010
ISBN 10 - 0415555302
ISBN 13 - 9780415555302
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Choreography--Study and teaching
Shelf No - 1
Call Number - 792.82 BUR
Physical Description - xii, 224 pages ; 20 cm
Notes - Include index
Book Information
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 Choreographerâe(tm)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 itâe(tm)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 yearsâe(tm) of workshop discussions, led by Burrows. Burrowsâe(tm) 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.

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