Best choreography books according to redditors
We found 12 Reddit comments discussing the best choreography books. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 12 Reddit comments discussing the best choreography books. We ranked the 6 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
That is simply a poorly written article.
Dance theory, choreography, and general concepts of contemporary dance are quite well defined and clearly articulated.
In the history of dance, there have been a number of approaches to formalize specific principles and vocabulary, even actual dance notation (Labanotation) was created to record specific choreographic movement in order to be reproduced. The availability of film and especially video made this obsolete.
Ballet is still actually the foundation of modern dance, which introduces variations of technique and extended vocabulary. It would literally be impossible to be a professional performer or choreographer in the contemporary sphere without not only a solid ballet foundation, but other well known principles set out since the Denishawn school (school founded by Ted Shawn and Ruth St. Denis that is considered the origin of contemporary dance's break with ballet).
Anyway, here are some essential reads that I would strongly encourage anyone that is interested in choreography or staging, especially in the context of marching arts, to read:
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The Art of Making Dances - Doris Humphrey (<<< critical read!)
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Making-Dances-Doris-Humphrey/dp/0871271583
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The Intimate Act of Choreography - Lynne Anne Blom & L. Tarin Chaplin
https://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Choreography-Lynne-Anne-Blom/dp/0822953420/
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Anatomy of Movement - Blandine Calais-Germain
https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Movement-Revised-Blandine-Calais-Germain/dp/0939616572
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Dance and the Specific Image - Daniel Nagrin
https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Specific-Image-Daniel-Nagrin/dp/0822955202
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Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet - Gail Grant
https://www.amazon.com/Technical-Manual-Dictionary-Classical-Ballet/dp/0486218430/
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The Routledge Studies Dance Reader - Alexandra Carter
https://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Dance-Studies-Reader/dp/0415485991
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Every Little Movement: A Book About Delsarte - Ted Shawn
https://www.amazon.com/Every-Little-Movement-About-Delsarte-ebook/dp/B01N1YQQXX/
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What Is Dance?: Readings in Theory and Criticism - Roger Copland & Marshall Cohen
https://www.amazon.com/What-Dance-Readings-Theory-Criticism/dp/0195031970
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The Illustrated Dance Technique of José Limon - Daniel Lewis
https://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Dance-Technique-Jos%C3%A9-Lim%C3%B3n/dp/0871272091/
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There are so many more!
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Also recommended, free OCW course from MIT:
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Dance Theory and Composition
https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/music-and-theater-arts/21m-675-dance-theory-and-composition-fall-2003/
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Depends really, there are many many different ways of creating. Some people can just create material on the spot while they direct / show their dancers who remember the material and then play it back for you to see whereas others create material by shaping movement created by their dancers.
A good way to start is to just create phrases, then string them together. This will start you out with being able to make phrases quickly and you'll also see what patterns you fall into and also how to eventually create a piece as a whole.
This is a great book, a requirement for us in University.
http://www.amazon.com/Intimate-Choreography-Lynne-Anne-Blom/dp/0822953420
A friend of mine got me interested in stage combat and other choreography. Consider picking up a copy of this.
Well , you want to look up dancing, cadence as it relates to dancing, fighting, and so on. The last time I saw a thread like this, or I inquired about it I came across these materials here and this here
I hope that's helpful to you :)
Read: The Choreography of Presenting, by Kendall Zoller and Claudette Landry. I've seen Kendall teach some of his skills to various presenters/teachers, and it is really helpful material. Having good material is negated if not presented well.
If you can, go for the HyperX Cloud. Amazon usually has them from 55-80$, so I recommend getting it refurbished from Kingston themselves on ebay (which can go as low as 40 dollars if you go for the "Core" model).
HyperX Cloud II (ebay)
HyperX Cloud I (ebay)
HyperX Cloud Core (ebay)
HyperX Cloud (amazon)
I usually build my own but because of current sale in /r/BuildaPCsales I have to recommend a prebuilt for the money (you will be underbudget even with taxes if you don't get the speakers or speakers plus cheaper keyboard).
I have bought 2 from these guys and other than plain box the headsets looked new and have zero issues with them. Comfortable, great sound (for gaming NOT for music), average to above average mic (for gaming) which is removable.
This setup will be able to play almost any game at 1440p 60FPS at high settings.