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by Andrea Olsen; Caryn McHose (Other)

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An essential guide to embodied awareness

The Place of Dance is written for the general reader as well as for dancers. It reminds us that dancing is our nature, available to all as well as refined for the stage. Andrea Olsen is an internationally known choreographer and educator who combines the science of body with creative practice. This workbook integrates experiential anatomy with the process of moving and dancing, with a particular focus on the creative journey involved in choreographing, improvising, and performing for the stage. Each of the chapters, or "days," introduces a particular theme and features a dance photograph, information on the topic, movement and writing investigations, personal anecdotes, and studio notes from professional artists and educators for further insight. The third in a trilogy of works about the body, including Bodystories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy and Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide, The Place of Dance will help each reader understand his/her dancing body through somatic work, create a dance, and have a full journal clarifying aesthetic views on his or her practice. It is well suited for anyone interested in engaging embodied intelligence and living more consciously.

Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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  • Title The Place of Dance: A Somatic Guide to Dancing and Dance Making
  • Author Andrea Olsen; Caryn McHose (Other)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wesleyan University Press, Connecticut
  • Publication date 2014-01-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780819574053 / 0819574058
  • Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.04 x 8.47 x 0.81 in (28.04 x 21.51 x 2.06 cm)
  • Category Performing Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Senses and sensation, Dance - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2013024221
  • Dewey Decimal Code 792.8

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  • Choice, 01/01/2015, Page 813
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2014, Page 93

About the author

ANDREA OLSEN is a professor of dance and the John Elder Professor of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College in Vermont. She performs and teaches internationally and is a contributing editor to Contact Quarterly. CARYN McHOSE has a private practice in somatic movement therapy in Holderness, New Hampshire, and has taught creative movement internationally for more than forty years. She is coauthor, with Kevin Frank, of How Life Moves: Explorations in Meaning and Body Awareness.

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