Bøker av Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard

Dance composition is an important part of dance education because it is the discipline that translates ideas into dances. Revised, redesigned and expanded, and now with a new DVD, this seminal book explores essential guidelines and thus contributes to a greater understanding of dance composition as a discipline.

Dance composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. For over twenty years, "Dance Composition "has been the leading guide to creative success in dance making, useful to everyone interested in dance composition, at both high school and college levels. This revised and updated edition includes a new chapter exploring creative processes in relation to composing dances.

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

This text offers a theoretical and practical framework for the teaching of dance in education. The author examines the processes of composing, performing and appreciating dances, and analyzes how dance education can contribute towards artistic, aesthetic and cultural education.