Books for Choreography Courses

Fifty Contemporary Choreographers

2nd Edition

Edited by Martha Bremser, Lorna Sanders

Series: Routledge Key Guides

A unique and authoritative guide to the lives and work of prominent living contemporary choreographers. Representing a wide range of dance genres, each entry locates the individual in the context of modern dance theatre and explores their impact. Those studied include: Jerome Bel Richard Alston...

Published March 10th 2011 by Routledge

William Forsythe and the Practice of Choreography

It Starts From Any Point

By Steven Spier

William Forsythe’s reinvigoration of classical ballet during his 20-year tenure at the Ballett Frankfurt saw him lauded as one of the greatest choreographers of the postwar era. His current work with The Forsythe Company has gone even further to challenge and investigate fundamental assumptions...

Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge

Choreographing Empathy

Kinesthesia in Performance

By Susan Foster

"This is an urgently needed book – as the question of choreographing behavior enters into realms outside of the aesthetic domains of theatrical dance, Susan Foster writes a thoroughly compelling argument." – André Lepecki, New York University "May well prove to be one of Susan Foster’s most...

Published November 3rd 2010 by Routledge

A Choreographer's Handbook

By Jonathan Burrows

On choreography: "Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking" On rules: "Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis" A Choreographer’s Handbook invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance. In an inspiring and unusually...

Published May 13th 2010 by Routledge

Contemporary Choreography

A Critical Reader

Edited by Jo Butterworth, Liesbeth Wildschut

This innovative text provides a range of articles covering choreographic enquiry, investigation into the creative process, and traditional understandings of dance making. Contemporary Choreography features contributions by practitioners and researchers from Europe, America, Africa, Australasia and...

Published May 27th 2009 by Routledge

Your Move

2nd Edition

By Ann Hutchinson Guest, Tina Curran

This second edition of a well-known text book now offers an integrated package including exercise sheets and audio CD with a supporting Teacher’s Manual offered separately on the Web. The author takes a new approach to teaching notation through movement exercises, thus enlarging the scope of...

Published September 25th 2007 by Routledge

Making Video Dance

A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dance for the Screen

By Katrina McPherson

Since the advent of digital video technology, ’dance on camera’ has become an increasingly popular, and important genre of dance. This is the first ever ’how-to’ manual for choreographers, dancers and students who want to make dance films. Specifically written from a personal experience of a...

Published May 3rd 2006 by Routledge

Speaking of Dance

Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on Their Craft

By Joyce Morgenroth

Speaking of Dance: Twelve Contemporary Choreographers on Their Craft delves into the choreographic processes of some of America's most engaging and revolutionary dancemakers. Based on personal interviews, the book's narratives reveal the methods and quests of, among others, Merce Cunningham,...

Published October 16th 2004 by Routledge

Envisioning Dance on Film and Video

Edited by Judy Mitoma, ELIZABETH ZIMMER, Dale Stieber

Virtually everyone working in dance today uses electronic media technology. Envisioning Dance on Film and Video chronicles this 100-year history and gives readers new insight on how dance creatively exploits the art and craft of film and video. In fifty-three essays, choreographers, filmmakers...

Published July 2nd 2003 by Routledge