You the Choreographer Creating and Crafting Dance
YOU THE CHOREOGRAPHER Creating and Crafting Dance offers a synthesis of histories theories philosophies and creative practices across diverse genres of concert dance choreography. The book is designed for readers at every stage of creative development who seek to refine their artistic sensibility. Through a review of major milestones in the field including contributions to choreography from the humanities arts and modern sciences readers will gain new perspectives on the historical development of choreography. Concise analyses of traditional fundamentals and innovative practices of dance construction artistic research methods and approaches to artistic collaboration offer readers new tools to build creative habits and expand their choreographic proficiencies. For learners and educators this is a textbook. For emerging professionals it is a professional-development tool. For established professionals it is a companion handbook that reinvigorates inspiration. To all readers it offers a cumulative systematic understanding of the art of dance making with a wealth of cross-disciplinary references to create a dynamic map of creative practices in choreography.