The Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique : A Philosophy and Method of Modern Dance.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Biography of Alwin Nikolais -- Biography of Murray Louis -- Introduction -- SECTION I Definitions -- Basic Dance -- Vision of a New Technique -- Decentralization -- Grain -- Gravity and Verticality -- The Psyche -- Stasis -- Dynamics and Energies -- Sensory Perception -- Movement Range -- Three Conditions of Energy -- SECTION II Creating - Improvisation and Composition -- Defining Improvisation -- Gestalt -- Nature and Art -- The Language of Criticism -- Composition -- SECTION III The Class Manual -- Introduction to the Classes -- The Body as an Instrument -- The Dimensional Concept -- Alignment -- The Stretches -- Up and Down-Vertical-The Plié -- Across the Floor -- Week 1-Locomotion and Dimensions -- Week 2-Isolating Body Parts (Isolations) -- Week 3-Body Parts (Continued) -- Week 4-Levels -- Week 5-The Joints and Joint Action -- Week 6-Rotary Action -- Week 7-Grain and Density -- Week 8-Gravity and Upward Willpower -- Week 9-Swing, Centripetal, and Centrifugal Momentum -- Week 10-Undercurves -- Week 11-Overcurves and Mirror Action -- Major Principles of Dance (The Big Four) -- Week 12-Space-Volume and Peripheral -- Week 13-Time -- Week 14-Shape -- Motion -- Week 15-Motion -- Week 16-Abstraction -- Week 17-Review Technique -- Week 18-Realism to Abstraction -- Week 19-Diagonals -- Week 20-Circles -- Week 21-Falls -- Week 22-Suspension Points -- Week 23-Percussion and Prop Extension -- Week 24-Lyricism -- Adjuncts to Choreographic and Performing Skills -- Week 25-The Showing: Performance -- Consonance and Summation -- A Brief Review -- Postscript -- About the DVD.

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