Teaching Dance Studies is a practical guide, written by college professors and dancers/choreographers active in the field, introducing key issues in dance pedagogy. Many young people graduating from universities with degrees - either PhDs or MFAs - desire to teach dance, either in college settings or at local dance schools.
This collection covers all areas of dance education, including improvisation/choreography; movement analysis; anthropology; theory; music for dance; dance on film; kinesiology/injury prevention; notation; history; archiving; and criticism.
Among the contributors included in the volume are: Bill Evans, writing on movement analysis; Susan Foster on dance theory; Ilene Fox on notation; Linda Tomko addresses new approaches to teaching the history of all types of dance; and Elizabeth Aldrich writing on archiving.
Contents Introduction Judith Chazin-Bennahum Chapter 1: Teaching Movement Analysis Bill Evans Chapter 2: Dance Theory? Susan Leigh Foster Chapter 3: From Improvisation to Choreography: The Critical Bridge Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell Chapter 4: Wild Speculation and Simple Thoughts: Teaching Music to Dancers Jeffrey Stolet Chapter 5: Teaching Dance on Film and Film Dance Beth Genné Chapter 6: Teaching Dance History: A Querying Stance as Millennial Lens Linda J. Tomko Chapter 7: On Teaching Dance Criticism Mindy Aloff Chapter 8: The Anthropology of Dance: Textural, Theoretical, and Experiential Ways of Knowing Jill D. Sweet Chapter 9: Standing Aside and Making Space: Mentoring Student Choreographers Larry Lavender and Jennifer Predock-Linnell Chapter 10: Kinesiology and Injury Prevention Mary Virginia Wilmerding Chapter 11: Labanotation Ilene Fox and Dawn Lille Chapter 12: Documentation, Preservation, and Access: Ensuring a Future for Dance's Legacy Elizabeth Aldrich Chapter 13: Reflections on Educating Dance Educators Susan W. Stinson Contributors Index
