Human Kinetics Dance Composition Basics-2nd Edition

Dance Composition Basics, 2nd Edition introduces dancers to choreography through a series of problem-solving activities. The book offers 27 lesson plans and 33 reproducible assessment and self-evaluation forms. The text takes students through a systematic learning process: reading about a concept, discussing a concept, seeing the concept and exploring the concept through their own movement ideas. Through this process, which includes structured improvisations, students discover a movement vocabulary and original dance phrases. The book s accompanying web resource features choreographic dance legends, Alonzo King and Dwight Rhoden. The web resource s online videos show King and Rhoden working with professional dancers as they work through the same creative problems in dance composition. Dance Composition Basics, 2nd Edition is an invaluable resource for dancers of all styles, from ballet to modern jazz. It introduces them to some of the compositional structures used by professional choreographers today.