Title:
Landscape of the now : a topography of movement improvisation / Kent De Spain.
Author:
De Spain, Kent
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Call Number:
GV1781.2 .D4 2014
Abstract:
This book is based on interviews with eight of the most recognized movement improvisation teacher/practitioners in the world. This is the first book specifically written for intermediate/advanced improvisers. Each chapter delineates a unique aspect of improvising. This book covers such topics as cognitive skills, spiritual components of the creativity process, and the audience/improviser relationship.
ISBN:
9780199988259
9780199988266
Physical Description:
189 pages ; 23 cm
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Contents:
Introduction -- What and Who -- SECTION ONE. Issues: Agendas; Tracking; Verbal/Nonverbal Awareness; The Audience/Improviser Relationship; Intentionality; What Is Good?; The Transpersonal -- SECTION TWO. Resources: Body; Movement; The Senses; Space; Time; Artistic Form; Images and the Imagination; Cognitive Skills; Emotion; Memory; Structures; Attention.
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