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Costume in Motion

A Guide to Collaboration for Costume Design and Choreography
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Costume in Motion offers a comprehensive guide to the collaborative process between costume designers and choreographers. Through interviews with over 40 industry professionals, in-depth case studies, and striking photography, it examines the unique challenges and opportunities of designing costumes for dance. The book highlights successful collaborations across contemporary, modern, and various dance styles, providing valuable insights into creating costumes that enhance movement.
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This book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students studying costume design or choreography. It also serves as an insightful resource for professional artists seeking to improve their collaboration skills within dance productions.

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Costume in Motion is a guide to all stages of the collaboration process between costume designers and choreographers, documenting a wide range of approaches to the creation of a dance piece.

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Costume in Motion is a guide to all stages of the collaboration process between costume designers and choreographers, documenting a wide range of approaches to the creation of a dance piece.

Featuring interviews with a diverse selection of over 40 choreographers and designers, in-depth case studies of works by leading dance companies, and stunning original photography, the book explores the particular challenges and creative opportunities of designing for the body in motion. Filled with examples of successful collaborations in contemporary and modern dance, as well as a wide range of other styles, Costume in Motion provides costume designers and choreographers with a greater understanding of the field from the other’s perspective.

The book is designed to be part of the curriculum for an undergraduate or graduate level course in costume design or choreography, and it can also be an enriching read for artists at any stage of their careers wishing to hone their collaboration skills in dance.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780815366874

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Routledge

Illustration: 133 Halftones, color; 133 Illustrations, color

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 920g

Pages: 218

About the Author

E. Shura Pollatsek is a professional costume designer for stage and screen, a Professor of Costume Design and Technology at WKU, and an award-winning author of many nationally published articles. She is also the author of the book Unbuttoned: The Art and Artists of Theatrical Costume Design, another collaboration with Mitchell D. Wilson. She has designed costumes for theater and dance performances across the US and internationally, and for National PBS television and Showtime. During a decade based in New York City, she worked for Off-Broadway and Broadway productions, the Metropolitan Opera, and at many leading regional theaters.

Mitchell D. Wilson is a National Press Photographer of the Year winner who travels the world capturing time and place in stills and motion. His work has also been recognized with Primetime Emmys, both the DuPont Columbia Award and the Peabody for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, two International Documentary Association Awards for Best Documentary Series, and many others. He began his career as a Combat Cameraman and underwater photographer in the elite Combat Camera Group of the US Navy.

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