Dramatic dance : an actor's approach to dance as a dramatic art / Darren Royston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royston, Darren, author.

Series:

RADA Guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama.

Movement (Acting).

Dance--Psychological aspects.

Dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 153 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Summary:

Dance is part of the art of theatre, a part which connects to movement, to communication, to improvisation, and to performance. It cannot exist on its own in the context of dramatic performance, but works in conjunction with other elements to enable meanings to be created in performance. Dramatic Dance sets a programme for actors to perform dance as part of the drama, offering several approaches which can contribute to developing this understanding, to training this skill, and always ensuring that the whole active and thinking body and mind are fully engaged with the task of making dance an integral and vital part of theatre. To study dance in this way allows students to develop further their understanding of logic and structure in a dramatic text. Many books deal with one aspect of dance or another: some on dance training, some on dance history, some on Rudolf Laban's ideas, some as dance manuals, and some as academic papers. Dramatic Dance is the first book to act as a comprehensive guide for theatre practice, bringing together these different, complementary disciplines.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781780933146

1780933142

OCLC:

1024274249