AuthorNikolais, Alwin
TitleThe Nikolais/Louis dance technique : a philosophy and method of modern dance / Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis
Imprint New York : Routledge, c2005
Descript xv, 259 p. : ill. ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

CONTENT

Biography of Alwin Nikolais, Murray Louis -- 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 -- Creating-Improvisation and composition: Defining improvisation ; Gestalt ; Nature and art ; The language of criticism ; Composition -- The class manual: The body as an instrument ; The dimensional concept ; Alignment ; The stretches ; Up and down-vertical-the Plie ; Across the floor


SUBJECT

  1. Modern dance
  2. Modern dance -- Philosophy

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