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Author:   Ella H. Magruder
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9780786471027

ISBN 10:   0786471026
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   04 February 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Lynnette Young Overby      Introduction      Part I—Dreaming and Creating  1. Defining Your Goals 2. Choreography That Appeals to Children... (Is Choreography That Appeals to Everyone!)      Part II—Producing  3. Production: Putting the Show Together  4. Marketing: Don’t Sell Yourself Short  5. Publicity  6. Finance  7. Booking Part III—Dancing  8. Touring: Basic Equipment, Checklist and Travel  9. In the School and Theater: Check-In, Set-Up and Safety 10. Good Liaisons Make Good Residencies 11. Teachers Who Help, Teachers Who Hinder 12. Arranging and Seating Audiences 13. Your Performance Voice 14. Performing for an Audience: Numbers, Cautions and Facts 15. Audience Participation 16. Don’t Be a “Drop-In, Drop-Out” Company: Master Classes, Workshops and How to Handle Them 17. Assessment and the Structure of Evaluation: Questions to Ask Yourself and Your Audience, and Why Part IV—Dancing Their Dreams: Ten Successful National and International Dance Companies, and Interviews with Their Artistic Directors/Choreographers 18. Dr. Schaffer and Mr. Stern: Two Guys Who Dance about Math 19. Plankenkoorts: A “Dutch Treat” Trio from the Low Country 20. Frequent Flyers Productions: Soaring Through the Air, Rocky deleteMountain Style 21. Flatfoot Dance Company in KwaZulu-Natal: Outreach in South Africa 22. Peanut Butter and Jelly Dance Company: A Sticky Boston Quartet Named for Food 23. Jasmine Pasch & Phew!!! Arts: London’s Visionary and Her Company of Art Collaborators 24. Kinnect Dance Company: A University Troupe in Utah 25. CoMotion Dance Project: In Motion in Montana 26. Kaleidoscope: Seattle’s Rainbow of Dancing Children 27. Dance Imagination: Creative Kids in Canada Part V—Epilogue 28. “Dancing with the Lettuce Leaf”: Things That Can Happen While deleteTouring, with Suggestions and Advice Appendix A: More Successful Companies Appendix B: More Dance Performing Groups: Children, Professionals and Schools Appendix C: Websites, Resources and Publications for Dance Companies, Dancers and Dance Educators Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Helps dance students, dance companies, and performing arts educators learn how to create, produce, and dance in productions for children --Reference & Research Book News.

Helps dance students, dance companies, and performing arts educators learn how to create, produce, and dance in productions for children --<i>Reference & Research Book News</i>.

Author Information

Ella H. Magruder is a professor of dance at Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. She lives in Amherst.

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