Elements of Performance : A Guide for Performers in Dance, Theatre and Opera

ISBN-13: 9783718652662 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 144 str.

Pauline Koner;Pauline Koner

Opis

"Elements of Performance" is based on Pauline Koner's course of the same name taught at the Juilliard School in New York. It discusses her theories of the primary and secondary elements of the art of performing. The primary elements are Emotion, Motivation, Focus and Dynamics and the secondary are those of the craft: stage props, hand props, cloth of different length and weight, Chinese ribbons, costumes and stage deportment.
Pauline Koner is a dancer, choreogrpaher, teacher and writer. she was artist in residence at the North Carolina School of Arts form 1965-1976 and performed at the White House in 1967. Having taught in major dance schools and universities throughout the world, she is currently at the Juilliard School of Dance in New York.

Recenzje

"'Pauline Koner's knowledge of Elements of Performance will have not only a ready audience in the tens of thousands of students, professionals, libraries, schools, etc. that exist today, but also for all those in the future.'." -- Charles L. Reinhart of Director of the American Dance Festival

Spis treści

Preface What is Performance? I Primary Elements: The Art Part 1: Focus Part 2: Dynamics Part 3: Movement Texture II Secondary Elements: The Craft Part 4: Props, Fabric, Costume; Stage Props, Hand Props, Fabric, Costume Part 5: Stage Decorum Part 6: Reminders Conclusion My Father

O autorze

Pauline Koner