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Teaching dance improvisation : a beginner's guide / Matthew Farmer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farmer, Matthew, author.
- Series:
- Routledge advances in theatre and performance studies
- Routledge advances in theatre & performance studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Improvisation in dance--Study and teaching.
- Improvisation in dance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 195 pages) : color illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- Matthew Farmer is Chair of the Dance Department at Hope College and the Dorothy Wiley DeLong Endowed Professor of Dance. He is the former Co-Artistic Director of R.G. Dance Productions, current Co-Artistic Director of H2 Dance Co., and co-author of the book Introductory Modern Dance: A Teaching Manual. Matthew received his MFA from the University of Michigan in Dance Performance and Choreography, and his BA in Theatre and Dance from Hope College. Matthew was a company member of The Peter Sparling Dance Co., company member and Associate Director of LehrerDance, and has performed as a solo artist in the United States, Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. Farmer's choreography has been produced by college and university dance programs, professional dance companies, international festivals, theater companies, dance competitions, and musical theater venues throughout the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Mexico, France, and Ecuador. As an educator, Matthew focuses on modern dance, contemporary dance, jazz dance, improvisation, partnering, and dance composition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 24, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Farmer, Matthew. Teaching dance improvisation
- ISBN:
- 9781003387084
- 100338708X
- 9781040147382
- 1040147380
- 9781040147467
- 1040147461
- Publisher Number:
- 90101541226
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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