Choreography: Creating and Developing Dance for Performance Book

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Choreography: The Essential Guide to Creating Dance explores the core artistic and practical skills needed to shape movement, music and space into compelling performance. Designed for emerging choreographers, it offers clear ideas, creative tasks and accessible frameworks to build confidence, craft and a distinctive artistic voice. Covering everything from improvisation and starting points to stage geometry, atmosphere, structure and the choreographer’s role, the book guides readers through working with solos, duets, trios and groups, as well as understanding movement in time and space. With practical images and insights from an experienced choreographer, mentor and teacher, it is an indispensable resource for dancers developing their own creative practice. Key Features: Clear guidance on core choreographic skills, concepts and processes Covers improvisation, starting points, atmosphere, context and stage geometry Explores working with solos, duets, trios and larger group structures Practical tasks and frameworks to support confidence and creativity Insights from Kate Flatt, a choreographer with over forty years of experience Includes images and examples to support practical learning Ideal for emerging choreographers, dancers and students developing creative work Publisher: The Crowood PressDimensions: 24 x 19 x 1 cmsPages: 176 Show more