Dance words
By: compiled by Valerie Preston-Dunlop.
Series: Choreography and dance studies ;; v. 8
Publisher: Harwood Academic Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Chur, Switzerland; [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 718
Subjects: Dance -- Dictionaries.
Genres: Dictionaries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [617]-640) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The dance domain; title: Dance people; title: The performer; title: The performer and the movement; title: Technique; title: Costume; title: Movement and the moving body; title: Dynamics and timing of movement; title: Space-in-the-body and the dancer in space; title: Notation; title: Choreographic form; title: Some ensemble, group, duo and solo dance concerns; title: Choreographic processes; title: The dance sound; title: The sound and the movement; title: The dance space; title: Repertory, revival, and tradition; title: The nexus and the emergence of style; title: Communication; title: Dance research.