Composing while Dancing: An Improviser’s Companion

Contents

List of Illustrations / ix Acknowledgments / xi Introduction / 3 1 Materia Prima / 12 interlude—So Many Influences, So Little Time . . . / 32 2 Dancing Takes Shape / 34 interlude—Notes to Myself: Wait! / 59 3 Time Machines / 60 interlude—Notes to Myself: Living Backward / 73 4 Spatial Relations / 76 interlude—Ma / 89 5 The Dancing Image / 91 interlude—Invisible Dances with Mary Overlie / 105 6 The Possibilities of Music / 106 interlude—Notes to Myself: Listening / 117 7 The Eyes / 118 interlude—Notes to Myself on Catching It Out of the Corner of My Eye / 130 8 Partnering Science / 132 interlude—Notes to Myself on Not Knowing / 141 Contents 9 The Magical Object / 143 interlude—The Objects Begin to Speak / 154 Epilogue: Developing Your Practice / 156 Meet the Artists: Dancemakers’ Biographies / 161 Glossary of People and Terms / 187 Notes / 201 Bibliography / 211 Index / 217 ...