Choreography and the Specific Image: Nineteen Essays and a Workbook

by Daniel Nagrin

Book Overview

"The world outside has burst into the studio," writes the influential dancer, teacher, and choreographer Daniel Nagrin. Many dancers want passionately to confront concrete, difficult subjects. But their formalistic training hasn't prepared them for what they need to say. This book, the first on choreography approached through content rather than structure, is designed with them in mind. Spiced with wit and strong opinions, Choreography and the Specific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822957507
• ISBN13: 9780822957508
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.9" x 9.1"