Janet Goodridge

Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance

Drama, Dance and Ceremony

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Draws on the genres of theatre, drama, dance, ceremony and ritual to see how rhythm and time elements can influence and breathe life into performance events, not only drama but festivals, processions, carnivals and so forth and their significance in different societies, cultures and contexts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781853025488
• ISBN-10: 1853025488
• Artikelnr.: 21453519

Autorenporträt

Janet Goodridge

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Part One: Ideas and Theories. 1. Rhythm in Human Movement. 2.
Patterns in Time: Metricity, Flow, Timing and Other Aspects of Rhythm in
Performance. 3. Time Elements and Performance Conventions. 4. Contributions
to the Study of Rhythm from Observers: Movement Notation and Anthropology.
5. Contributions to the Study of Rhythm in the Theatre. 6. Time and Rhythm
in Human Movement: Rudolf Laban's Contribution. Conclusion to Part One.
Part Two: Looking and Seeing. 7. Description and Classification of Time
Elements in Performance Events - A Synthesis of Approaches. 8. Suggestions
for Training in the Observation of Movement-Rhythm and Timing. 9. An
Application in Learning and Teaching: Rhythm and Timing in an Approach to
T'ai Chi Chu'uan (Tai Ji). Part Three: Performance Events - Time Elements,
Rhythm and Timing in Action. 10. Easter in Arizona and Mexico - An
Experience of Yaqui Ceremonies. 11. Papua New Guinea - Rhythm and Timing in
Traditional Maring Life. 12. For Queen and Country - A British Event:
Trooping the Colour. Conclusion. References. Index.