Overview

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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Adam Benjamin ,  Christopher Bannerman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780415251440

ISBN 10:   0415251443
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   06 December 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780367858308
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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 African diary Appendix 3: Glossary Bibliography Index

Reviews

Each exercise and improvisation is explained clearly and responsibly, and there is straightforward advice on practicalities like wheelchair etiquette and safety. <br>- Dance International <br> The photos are excellent, and the page layout is clear and easy to follow. Making an Entrance is an important resource about integrated dance practice, especially for anyone interested in setting up a group themselves. <br>- Dance International <br> The author of this philosophically sound, highly practical manual, Adam Benjamin, has his heart in the right place as well as all the right credentials. <br>- Dance International <br>

Author Information

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.

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