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082	0		_a792.801
100	1		_aLouis, Murray.
245	1	4	_aThe Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique : _bA Philosophy and Method of Modern Dance.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2005.
264		4	_c©2005.
300			_a1 online resource (276 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aModern dance - Philosophy.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aNikolais, Alwin.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLouis, Murray _tThe Nikolais/Louis Dance Technique _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 _z9780415970198
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4511930 _zClick to View
999			_c109707 _d109707