"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...

This major study is the first written record of the oral tradition of the African dancer and the Masques de Sagesse. It explains the movements, codes and meanings of the traditional African dance.

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The United States took the lead in modern dance innovation during the 1960s when artists such as Martha Graham, Josse Limbon, Paul Taylor, Alvin Aeiley and Alwin Nikolais overwhelmed European audiences. Subsequently, the New German Tanztheatre revitalized German theatre traditions with its new content and application of some of the United States modern dance techniques. This book discusses both parallels and distinctions between the history of modern dance in the United States and Germany. This work examines the phenomena of the modern dance movement between 1920 and 1968 in an international...

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A collection of essays which discuss various aspects of the work of Merce Cunningham - creative artist and choreographer. Contributors include; Joan Acocella, Elliot Caplan, William Fetterman, John Holzaepfel, Gordon Mumma, Nelson Rivera, Thecla Schiphorst, David Vaughan and Marilyn Vaughan Drown.

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.