A Choreographer's Handbook

A Choreographer's Handbook
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : 9781136974571
ISBN-13 : 1136974571
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Book Synopsis A Choreographer's Handbook by : Jonathan Burrows

Download or read book A Choreographer's Handbook written by Jonathan Burrows and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Choreographer’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 it’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 years’ of workshop discussions, led by Burrows. Burrows’ 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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