ABSTRACT

Teaching Dance Studies is a practical guide, written by college professors and dancers/choreographers active in the field, introducing key issues in dance pedagogy. Many young people graduating from universities with degrees – either PhDs or MFAs – desire to teach dance, either in college settings or at local dance schools.

This collection covers all areas of dance education, including improvisation/choreography; movement analysis; anthropology; theory; music for dance; dance on film; kinesiology/injury prevention; notation; history; archiving; and criticism.

Among the contributors included in the volume are: Bill Evans, writing on movement analysis; Susan Foster on dance theory; Ilene Fox on notation; Linda Tomko addresses new approaches to teaching the history of all types of dance; and Elizabeth Aldrich writing on archiving.

chapter 1|18 pages

Teaching Movement Analysis

ByBILL EVANS

chapter 2|16 pages

Dance Theory?

BySUSAN LEIGH FOSTER

chapter 3|18 pages

From Improvisation to Choreography: The Critical Bridge

ByLARRY LAVENDER and JENNIFER PREDOCK-LINNELL

chapter 4|24 pages

Wild Speculations and Simple Thoughts: Teaching Music to Dancers

ByJEFFREY STOLET

chapter 5|14 pages

Teaching Dance on Film and Film Dance

chapter 6|24 pages

Teaching Dance History: A Querying Stance as Millennial Lens

ByLINDA J. TOMKO

chapter 7|18 pages

On Teaching Dance Criticism

ByMINDY ALOFF

chapter 9|20 pages

Standing Aside and Making Space: Mentoring Student Choreographers

ByLARRY LAVENDER and JENNIFER PREDOCK-LINNELL

chapter 10|18 pages

Kinesiology and Injury Prevention

ByMARY VIRGINIA WILMERDING

chapter 11|14 pages

Labanotation

ByILENE FOX, DAWN LILLE

chapter 13|18 pages

Reflections on Educating Dance Educators

BySUSAN W. STINSON