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Dance Composition

A practical guide to creative success in dance making
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Dance Composition by Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard offers an insightful exploration into the art of creating and analysing choreography. The book delves into the key elements of dance composition, providing guidance and structured approaches to crafting compelling performances. It's an essential resource for those interested in the intricacies of dance-making within the Arts & Culture sphere.
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You might enjoy this book if you are passionate about the art of creating and analysing dance. It offers insights into the processes and techniques necessary to craft compelling dance pieces, making it an inspiring guide for both students and experienced choreographers. If you're fascinated by how movement can tell stories and communicate emotions, this book provides valuable perspectives and practical advice in the world of dance.

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Dance composition is an important part of dance education because it is the discipline that translates ideas into dances. Revised, redesigned and expanded, and now with a new DVD, this seminal book explores essential guidelines and thus contributes to a greater understanding of dance composition as a discipline.

Fifth edition of a successful and authoritative book. Revised and expanded. 320 line drawings and illustrations.

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A book which has remained seminal in its field as one of the key texts in dance education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard delves into the creative arena of dance with a logic unmatched by any other creative author in this field. Speech and Drama

Jacqueline Smith-Autard has made significant contributions to the development of dance in education in the UK and abroad. National Dance Teachers Association

Dance Composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. This book, a bestseller for over twenty years, is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and is a popular textbook for all those who are interested in dance composition, from secondary school to university.

This new edition includes online video resources taken from Choreographic Outcomes, a groundbreaking advanced technology resource pack aimed at comprehensively improving students' choreography. The book has been revised, redesigned, and expanded. Reference to the online video is made throughout the book and new assignments based on the video material are included.

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Dance Composition by Jacqueline M. Smith-Autard is celebrated as a longstanding bestseller in dance education. It includes a newly added DVD that complements practical assignments and is recognised as essential reading for students and teachers. The book is praised for its comprehensive approach to dance composition and is considered a seminal text, highlighting Smith-Autard's significant contributions to dance education.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781408115640

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 June 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Methuen Drama

Edition: 6th edition

Illustration: 320 line drawings, photos

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 578g

Pages: 256

About the Author

Jacqueline Smith-Autard is a dance educator of world renown, currently pioneering the use of multimedia resources in dance teaching. She is the author of The Art of Dance in Education, also published by A&C Black.

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