Contact Improvisation Pallant Cheryl
Contact Improvisation Pallant Cheryl In most forms of dancing, performers carry out their steps with a distance that keeps them from colliding with each other. His study of intentional contact…
Specifikacia Contact Improvisation Pallant Cheryl
Contact Improvisation Pallant Cheryl
In most forms of dancing, performers carry out their steps with a distance that keeps them from colliding with each other. His study of intentional contact resulted in a public performance in 1972 in a Soho gallery, and the name contact improvisation was coined for the form of unrehearsed dance he introduced. Dancer Steve Paxton in the 1970s considered this distance a territory for investigation.
In this book the author draws upon her own experience and research to explain the art of contact improvisation, in which dance partners propel movement by physical contact. Rather than copyrighting it, Paxton allowed it to evolve and spread. They roll, fall, spiral, leap, and slip along the contours and momentum of moving bodies.
The text begins with a history, then describes the elements that define this form of dance. Subsequent chapters explore how contact improvisation relates to self and