Louis / Nikolais The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique

A Philosophy and Method of Modern Dance
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-134-95573-2
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Louis, Murray

Nikolais, Alwin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I Definitions
1 Introduction
2 Basic Dance
3 Vision of a New Technique
4 Decentralization
5 Grain
6 Density
7 Gravity and Verticality
8 The Psyche
9 Stasis
10 Dynamics and Energies
11 Sensory Perception
12 Movement Range
13 Three Conditions of Energy
Section II Creating: Improvisation and Composition
14 Defining Improvisation
15 Gestalt
16 Nature and Art
17 The Language of Criticism
18 Composition
Section III The Class Manual
Introduction to the Classes
The Body as An Instrument
The Dimensional Concept
Alignment
The Stretches
Up and Down - Vertical - The Plié
Across the Floor
Week 1 - Locomotion and Dimensions
Week 2 - Isolating Body Parts (Isolations)
Week 3 - Body Parts (Continued)
Week 4 - Levels
Week 5 - The Joints and Joint Action
Week 6 - Rotary Action
Week 7 - Grain and Density
Week 8 - Gravity and Upward Willpower
Week 9 - Swing, Centripetal and Centrifugal Momentum
Week 10 - Undercurves
Week 11 - Overcurves and The Mirror
Major Principles of Dance (The Big Four)
Week 12 - Space - Volume and Peripheral
Week 13 - Time
Week 14 - Shape
Week 15 - Motion and Gestalt
Week 16 - Abstraction
Week 17 - Review Technique
Week 18 - Realism to Abstraction
Week 19 - Diagonals
Week 20 - Circles
Week 21 - Falls
Week 22 - Suspension Points
Week 23 - Percussion and Extension
Week 24 - Lyricism
Adjuncts to Choreographic and Performing Skill
Week 25 - The Showing: Performance: Emotion
Consonance and a Summation
A Brief Review
Post Script
Biography Nikolais
Biography Louis
About the DVD

Über Autor(innen)

Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis were collaborators for over forty years who transformed the world's understanding of dance theater. Nikolais, awarded a Kennedy Center National Medal of Honor in 1987, died in 1993. Louis wrote two previous books on dance as well as a monthly column for Dance Magazine. He has lectured and toured throughout the world, produced a series of dance videos, and continues to serve as artistic director of the Nikolais and Murray Louis Dance Company. He lives in New York City.