Indian noted on page 136. Book describes the choreographic process in sections on movement, building skills, narrative, abstraction, music, sets, props, titles, performing space, lighting, costuming, and concepts. Ideas and activities to implement the main topics are organized sequentially. Stephan Leonard is followed to Russia, where he trains and then performs. Includes clips from interviews with him and his main instructors.
Book describes how to teach expressive movement.
It offers principles and techniques for conducting a creative-movement class and features a table with 163 themes for eliciting genuine impromptu responses. Categorizes themes by experience level, number of participants, and purpose. Discusses how cultures influence dance styles and how technology affects dance. Two 60-minute videotapes present a series of activities for teaching improvisation. Accompanying teacher's workbook manual provides clearly stated objectives, lesson goals, activities, teaching hints, and coaching phrases.