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Zusatztext 'His eloquent insights make compelling reading for anyone interested in performance dance if any kind.' - Ausdance NSW 'This is not a 'special' book for 'special' people but one that speaks too all who are engaged in dance.' - Dance Theatre Journal Informationen zum Autor Adam Benjamin is a freelance choreographer and teacher with a world wide reputation who has consistently stretched the boundaries of who can be involved in dance. He was co-founder and joint director of CandoCo Dance Company (1990-98) and has pioneered integrated dance workshops and performances in Africa, Asia and Europe. Klappentext This clearly written, thought provoking manual includes over 50 exercises and improvisations designed to stimulate and challenge students-disabled and non-disabled-----at all levels of dance. Taking improvisation as his focus, Adam Benjamin asks what it has to offer as an art form and how it can be better used to meet the changing needs of dance education. He also explores the history of a dis-integrated dance practice, placing it within the wider context of cultural and political movements. He includes useful hints on the practicalities of setting up workshops covering issues as diverse as the safety aspects of wheelchairs and the accessibility of dance spaces. Zusammenfassung Making an Entrance is the first ever practical introduction to teaching dance with disabled and non disabled students. This clearly written, thought provoking and hugely enjoyable manual is essential reading whether you're just starting out or are already active in the field. Taking improvisation as his focus and as the starting point of choreographic exploration, Adam Benjamin asks what it has to offer as an art form and how it can be better used to meet the changing needs of dance education. In the theoretical section Benjamin explores the history of a disintegrated dance practice, placing it within the wider context of cultural and political movements. He questions what is meant today when we talk about 'inclusive' or 'integrated dance' and what we might expect of it. The book includes over 50 exercises and improvisations designed to stimulate and challenge students at all levels of dance. Benjamin also includes useful hints on the practicalities of setting up workshops covering issues as diverse a class size, the safety aspects of wheelchairs and the accessibility of dance spaces. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction: life after Stages 2. Improvisation - access - training - touching on a definition 3. A little on language, disability, integration and inclusivity 4. Disability-specific groups and the Simpson Board 5. A serious dislocation 6. 'Just' moving: ethics, integration and the disciplines of improvisation 7. The great mistake: response-ability and feedback 8. Tension seekers: a poet/hunter's guide to improvisation 9. Tension as a guide to feedback 10. Demons and dragons: some thoughts on becoming blocked in improvisation 11. Is it therapy? 12. Special schools, special students and integrated practice 13. Lost narrative 14. Access v. excellence Part 2: Exercises and Improvisations 15. Working against resistance: an introduction to the improvisations and exercises 16. An unruly location 17. Introductory work 18. Listening through touch 19. Making an entrance in time and space 20. Con-temp-lation: thinking about space, time and centre 21. Graceful ways, or searching for clews 22. Individual considerations 23. Lightly balanced on the edge of centre 24. Counter-balances and chair tilts: dicing with Newtonian physics 25. Art and theatre 26. Speed an timing 27. A little more time: exercises to develop an understanding of rhythm and the duration of a simple gesture or action 28. Live music Appendix 1: Directory Appendix 2: Excerpts from an Afr...
