Teaching Dancing with Ideokinetic Principles

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252077999

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Foreword by Lynn Martin vii Introduction ix Chapter 1. Beams of Light 1 Appendix: Lexicons of the Body 18 Chapter 2. Relaxation 21 Appendix: Constructive Rest by Lulu E. Sweigard 35 Chapter 3. Baking Biscuits and Kinesthesia 37 Appendix: The Dancer's Posture by Lulu E. Sweigard, with Introduction by Martha Hill 47 Chapter 4. Doctors, Dancing, and Ideokinesis 54 Appendix: Better Dancing through Better Body Balance by Lulu E. Sweigard 69 Chapter 5. Mirror, Mirror ... 73 Appendix: Accentuate the Positive ... 86 Chapter 6. Imagery and Habit 90 Appendix: Walking Bundles of Habit by William James 100 Chapter 7. More about Teaching Dancing 101 Appendix: Letter XI by Jean-Georges Noverre 113 References Cited 119 Author Index 123 Subject Index 125

''A groundbreaking work that examines the relationship between ideokinesis and the teaching and practice of dance. The fascinating insight into Sweigard's teaching methods provides important guidance to dance educators and practitioners.''--Elizabeth Dempster, coeditor of Ideokinesis and Dancemaking: Writings on Dance

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