This second edition of a well-known text book now offers an integrated package including exercise sheets and audio CD with a supporting Teacher’s Manual offered separately on the Web. The author takes a new approach to teaching notation through movement exercises, thus enlarging the scope of the book to teachers of movement and choreography as well as the traditional dance notation students. Updated and enlarged to reflect the most recent scholarship and through a series of exercises, this book guides students through: movement, stillness, timing, shaping, accents travelling direction, flexion and extension rotations, revolutions and turns supporting balance relationships. All of these movements are related to notation, so the student learns how to notate and describe the movements as they are performed.
Author(s): Ann Hutch Guest
Edition: Tch
Year: 1983
Language: English
Pages: 176
BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
GENERAL NOTES......Page 10
The Place of Written Work......Page 11
Terminology......Page 12
EXPLORATION OF THE MATERIAL......Page 13
Student’s Level of Experience......Page 14
Creative Approach......Page 15
Aleatory Composition......Page 16
THE READING PROCESS......Page 17
Re-Creating the Movement Sequences......Page 18
Range in Style of Movement......Page 19
The Exercise Sheets......Page 20
First Exploration for Children......Page 21
Choreographic Study......Page 22
Special Courses......Page 23
An Inner, Physical Source......Page 24
Slow Actions......Page 25
Reading Study No. 1: Movement Patterns in Time......Page 26
Reading Study No. 2: Straight Paths......Page 27
Teaching Aid for Circling......Page 28
Creative Exploration: A.......Page 29
Creative Exploration: B.......Page 30
CHAPTER THREE—VARIATIONS IN TRAVELLING......Page 32
Reading Study No. 7: Travelling with Turning......Page 33
Practice Study—Degree of Circling......Page 34
Reading Study No. 9: Revolving while Travelling......Page 35
CHAPTER FOUR—ABSENCE OF SUPPORT: JUMPING (ELEVATION)......Page 36
Reading Study No. 10: Aerial Steps......Page 37
A New View of a Familiar Topic......Page 38
Any Direction......Page 39
Movements in the Directional Areas......Page 41
Expressiveness of Sagittal Gestures......Page 42
The Vertical Directions......Page 44
Expressiveness of Vertical Gestures......Page 45
Classroom Exploration of Directions......Page 46
Statement of Movement on the Spot......Page 47
Indication of Body-as-a-Whole......Page 48
Cancellation of Directional Actions......Page 49
Reading Study No. 13: Directions......Page 50
CHAPTER SIX—FLEXION; EXTENSION......Page 51
Reading Study No. 15: Flexion, Extension......Page 52
CHAPTER SEVEN—ROTATIONS, REVOLUTIONS, TURNS......Page 53
The Untwisted State......Page 54
Reading Study No. 18: Rotations, Revolutions......Page 55
CHAPTER EIGHT—SUPPORTING, CHANGE OF SUPPORT......Page 56
Reading Practice: Supporting on Different Parts of the Body......Page 57
Reading Study No. 20: Support, Change of Support......Page 58
CHAPTER NINE—BALANCE, EQUILIBRIUM......Page 59
Static Balance......Page 60
Center of Gravity in Motion, Tombé......Page 61
Loss of Balance......Page 62
Reading Study No. 23: Falling......Page 63
Movement Exploration A.......Page 64
Movement Exploration B.......Page 65
Location of Partners in Meeting......Page 66
Movement Suitable for Addressing......Page 67
Reading Study No. 25: Partners Relating (Ending Apart)......Page 68
Reading Study No. 26: Partners Relating (Ending Together)......Page 69
Variations in Walking......Page 70
Examples for Torso Tilts......Page 72
Guidances......Page 73
‘Point-of-Interest’......Page 74
Reading Study No. 27: Part Leading (Slow 4/4)......Page 75
Reading Study No. 29: Resultant, Passive Movements......Page 76
Reading Study No. 30: One-Sided Actions......Page 77
Basic Shapes......Page 78
Reading Study No. 32: Gestural Paths with Direction and Travelling......Page 80
Shapes for Gestures......Page 81
Carving......Page 82
Design Drawing......Page 83
Gathering and Scattering......Page 84
Reading Study No. 33: Gathering and Scattering......Page 85
Constant Directions......Page 87
CHAPTER FOURTEEN—AERIAL STEPS: THE FIVE BASIC FORMS......Page 88
Analysis of Familiar Forms in Ballet......Page 89
CHAPTER FIFTEEN—TURNING OF BODY PARTS: ROTATION, TWIST......Page 90
Study A......Page 91
Study B......Page 92
CHAPTER SIXTEEN—FLEXION AND EXTENSION: SPECIFIC FORMS......Page 93
Movement Exploration A—Folding......Page 95
Movement Exploration B—Contractions......Page 96
Reading Study No. 39: Folding, Unfolding......Page 98
Reading Practice: Joining, Separating......Page 99
The Meeting Line......Page 100
Movement Exploration: Looking versus Head Movements......Page 101
Reading Practice: Situations in Meeting; Looking......Page 102
Reading Study No. 40: Relating to Objects......Page 103
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—DESTINATION, MOTION......Page 104
Motion Toward a Directional Point......Page 105
From General Directional Indication to Specific......Page 106
Reading Study No. 42: Minor Movements......Page 107
The Basic Action of Tilting......Page 108
Reading Study No. 44: Specific Tilting, Inclining......Page 109
Reading Study No. 45: Shifting Body Area......Page 110
Movement Exploration A: Constant Directions and Stage Directions......Page 111
Movement Exploration C: Body Directions......Page 113
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE—DYNAMICS......Page 114
Placement of Symbols......Page 116
Indication of Timing......Page 117
Interrelated Timing of Actions......Page 118
Alternate Answers......Page 119
