Teaching Dance Studies is a practical guide, written by college professors and dancers/choreographers active in the field, introducing key issues in dance pedagogy. Many young people graduating from universities with degrees either PhDs or MFAs desire to teach dance, either in college settings or at local dance schools.
This collection covers all areas of dance education, including improvisation/choreography; movement analysis; anthropology; theory; music for dance; dance on film; kinesiology/injury prevention; notation; history; archiving; and criticism.
Among the contributors included in the volume are: Bill Evans, writing on movement analysis; Susan Foster on dance theory; Ilene Fox on notation; Linda Tomko addresses new approaches to teaching the history of all types of dance; and Elizabeth Aldrich writing on archiving.
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'A thought-provoking yet easy-to-follow reference for all college dance educators.' Dance Teacher
Contents Introduction Judith Chazin-Bennahum
Chapter 1: Teaching
Movement Analysis Bill Evans
Chapter 2: Dance Theory? Susan Leigh Foster
Chapter 3: From Improvisation to Choreography: The Critical Bridge Larry
Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell
Chapter 4: Wild Speculation and Simple
Thoughts: Teaching Music to Dancers Jeffrey Stolet
Chapter 5: Teaching Dance
on Film and Film Dance Beth Genné
Chapter 6: Teaching Dance History: A
Querying Stance as Millennial Lens Linda J. Tomko
Chapter 7: On Teaching
Dance Criticism Mindy Aloff
Chapter 8: The Anthropology of Dance: Textural,
Theoretical, and Experiential Ways of Knowing Jill D. Sweet
Chapter 9:
Standing Aside and Making Space: Mentoring Student Choreographers Larry
Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell
Chapter 10: Kinesiology and Injury
Prevention Mary Virginia Wilmerding
Chapter 11: Labanotation Ilene Fox and
Dawn Lille
Chapter 12: Documentation, Preservation, and Access: Ensuring a
Future for Dance's Legacy Elizabeth Aldrich
Chapter 13: Reflections on
Educating Dance Educators Susan W. Stinson Contributors Index
Judith Chazin-Bennahum is Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of New Mexico. She is a past president of the Society of Dance History Scholars, and has authored and edited several books on dance history, including The Lure of Perfection(Routledge, 2004).