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My central task in this chapter is to articulate a methodology for analyzing dance in musical theater performance. I begin by discussing definitions of both dance and choreography in this context, assessing the existing body of writings on dance in musical theater, and offering a few observations as to why such scholarship has rarely been pursued.
Jazz dance, dancing to jazz music, has its own structure and its particular framework. Key attributes are the principle of improvisation, expression of folk culture, dancing to jazz music, themes of life and time, the essential response to rhythm and the use of isolation body technique.
Ballroom Rhythms for Musicians and Dancers describes dancing in musical terms. It compares the dance steps for different styles of dancing with their basic musical rhythm. All rights reserved.
This chapter defines and examines seven primary functions of dance in musicals: as an exploration of character in psychological terms, as a narrative tool, as an unspoken aspect of libretto, as a transitional device, to develop character, as metaphor, and as danced abstraction within the narrative.
1 gru 2015 · This article explores nuances in the meanings and applications of the term ‘dance technique’, by looking at how students in modern and contemporary dance articulate their understanding of the...
Revista Brasileira de Estudos em Dança, 2022. This text proposes a reflection on the crossings of the field of Somatics and the emerging methodology of Practice as Research (PaR) in the artistic-academic context of Dance Studies.
This course is designed to introduce and examine concepts associated with basic elements of modern dance techniques through directed and creative movement experience. Course content will include creative work and techniques of the
