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Dance, Mind and Body Dance, Mind and Body
About the Product
There’s a point where it all comes together—the steps, the breathing, and the style—to transform simple body movements into kinetic works of art. Through illustrations, examples, and reference materials, Dance Mind & Body explores the fine line separating movement and dance while providing practical advice for dancers who want to improve their technique.
Dance Mind & Body features 128 exploration exercises designed to help you improve your focus, observe and explore movement systematically, refine your technique, and create movement phrases. In addition, improvisation challenges at the end of each chapter bring together all the exploration exercises to provide inspiration for you to create longer, more complete movement sequences. At the end of the book, you are challenged to create your own dances from inspiration to presentation. With more than 70 photographs, this handbook for the serious dancer also will help you achieve better posture, a greater sense of movement, and heightened artistic expression.
As the former director of dance at the University of Northern Colorado, author Sandra Minton brings more than 30 years of teaching experience to her latest book. In addition to chapters packed with practical instruction, Minton’s definitive guide features a glossary and biographical highlight boxes describing famous dancers and choreographers.
Dance Mind & Body is designed to help dancers, teachers, and students understand how to create body shapes and lines, explore dynamics and qualities of movement, identify both internal and external sources of inspiration, link movements together to make statements, and expand movement phrases into dances. From the basics of breathing to the complexities of modern choreography and form, Dance Mind & Body offers the practical instruction you need to make the transformation from dance as movement to dance as art.
About the Author
Sandra Cerny Minton, PhD, was the coordinator of the dance program at the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley. She has taught and choreographed dance for more than 30 years and directed numerous concerts.
As an active member of the Colorado Dance Alliance; the National Dance Association of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; and the National Dance Education Organization, Minton is well respected as a dance educator. She was a 2001 Fulbright Scholar and honored as the National Dance Association Scholar/Artist in 1999.
Sandra Minton earned her master’s degree in dance education from the University of California at Los Angeles and earned her PhD in dance and related arts from the Texas Woman’s University. The author of numerous articles and books on dance, she resides in Thornton, Colorado.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Creating Spatial Awareness
Chapter 2. Moving With Purpose and Sensitivity
Chapter 3. Balancing Time and Energy
Chapter 4. Relating to People and Objects
Chapter 5. Mastering the Principles of Movement
Chapter 6. Expressing Form
Chapter 7. Using Signs and Symbols
Chapter 8. Finding Sources of Inspiration
Chapter 9. Creating Your Own Dances
Words of Praise
"Dr. Minton guides us to the understanding that the body and mind have a distinct connection. This book is for anyone who has ever wanted to strengthen the link between the two. Step by step, you will gain a greater understanding of how the body can access the creative process of the mind."
Lee Cooper
Department of Music, Theater, and Dance
Colorado State University
From Journal of Dance Medicine & Science
"…this book is a most welcome addition to any dancer or dance educator’s shelf."
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