Body Can Speak : Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama

English

ISBN: 0809324180

EAN: 9780809324187

Category: Performing Arts / Dance / General

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press

Release Date: 06/01/2002

Synopsis: Movement is our first language, our universal language. Expression of body movement is the very basis of life as the nineteen contributors toThe Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Dramaattest. Students use their bodies as an instrument of expression, and movement as medium; this means investigating space, energy, time, and motion in order to gain insight into these basic principles. At the same time they gain essential awareness of the self. Such work stimulates the senses and intellect, and develops a tangible new vision to satisfy the human need for aesthetic and artistic expression. As editor of this collection, accomplished dancer and artistic director Annelise Mertz provides both an aesthetic appreciation for creative movement education as well as practical pedagogy for incorporating dance and drama into contemporary curriculum. Mertz has assembled here a definitive body of work from fellow artists and former students that speaks to the need to actively promote art as part of education. The book gives voice to accomplished teachers, actors, dancers, directors, authors, and choreographers who share their experiences while they address creative movement education from preschool through college. Forty-eight photographs add an illuminating visual dimension to this wealth of stimulating ideas.The Body Can Speakprovides a balanced and varied mosaic, with each essay offering evidence that creative movement education is vital for human development. Contributors include Becky Engler-Hicks, Ruth Grauert, Anna Halprin, Joanna G. Harris, Margaret N. HDoubler, Michael Hoeye, Murray Louis, Annelise Mertz, Jaime Nisenbaum, Carol North, Jeff Rehg, Shirley Ririe, G. Hoffman Soto, Emma D. Sheehy, Harold Taylor, Branislav Tomich, Dorothy M. Vislocky, and Joan J. Woodbury.

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Body Can Speak : Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama

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Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 16.19 oz

Pages: 168