Dance Composition: A practical guide to creative success in dance making

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"A book which has remained seminal in its field as one of the key texts in dance education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard delves into the creative arena of dance with a logic unmatched by any other creative author in this field" Speech and Drama "Jacqueline Smith-Autard has made significant contributions to the development of dance in education in the UK and abroad" National Dance Teachers Association Dance composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. This book, a bestseller for over twenty years, is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and is a popular textbook for all those who are interested in dance composition, from secondary school to university. This new edition includes online video resources taken from Choreographic Outcomes, a groundbreaking advanced technology resource pack aimed at comprehensively improving students' choreography. The book has been revised, redesigned and expanded. Reference to the online video is made throughout the book and new assignments based on the video material are included.

Jacqueline Smith-Autard is a dance educator of world renown, currently pioneering the use of multimedia resources in dance teaching. She is the author of The Art of Dance in Education, also published by A&C Black.

"After 20 years as a bestseller, the very hands-on DANCE COMPOSITION...has acquired an accompanying DVD, which provides examples of composition and performance whiindispensablech relate to new practical assignments detailed in the book...Has also been revised, designed and expanded...Pretty indispensible reading for dance students and teachers." --The Stage "A book which has remained seminal in its field as one of the key texts in dance education. Jacqueline Smith-Autard delves into the creative arena of dance with a logic unmatched by any other creative author in this field" --Speech and Drama "Jacqueline Smith-Autard has made significant contributions to the development of dance in education." --National Dance Teachers Association