Contents
Preface
Dancing / Principles
Material
Habits
Repetition
Repetition
Repetition
Improvisation / Cut and paste / Choreography
Form
Exploration / Risk
Subject / Inspiration / Stealing / Familiar movement / Choreography / Referencing other sources/ Self-expression
Contract / Performance space / Language / Choreography
Breaking The Rules
Research / How and what? / Dramaturgy / Theory / Curiosity
Interview / Unfinished business / Questions / Principles
Financial limitations / Studios / Funding Applications
Preparation / Rehearsal schedule / Heaviness
Collaboration / Audience
Originality / Paradox
Technique / Parrot on your shoulder / Authenticity / Daily practice / Dancing / Style / Fiddling
Virtuosity
Hoarding / Beginnings
Endings
Keeping it going / Pacing
Dub reggae / Rate of change / Simple material / Desperation
Stillness and silence / Fear of being boring
Minimal and maximal
Does it work? / Showings / Mentoring
Other bodies / States
Distracting the self / Paradox / Choreography / Performance / Electric guitars
Predictable and unpredictable / Expectation
Narrative / Ballet / Continuity
Continuity / Sectional pieces / Material / Make six things / Choreography / Flow / Relation
Relation / Solos, duos, trios, quartets / Ideas
Relation / Time / Rhythm
Time
Abstract dance
Counterpoint / Formal elements / Difference
Scores / Studios / Improvisation
Chance / Empty hands / Gamut of movements / Limitations / Laborious work / Philosophy
Place or space?
Audience / Facing the front / Confrontation / Humour / Failure
Audience
Performance / Principles
The marketplace / Earning a living / Administrating the work / Commissions
Music / Collaboration / Silence
Text
Lighting / Technicians / Collaboration / Costumes / Shoes or no shoes? / Set design / Nudity
Titles
Filming / History / Collaboration / Mirrors / Human-scale
Hierarchies / Dancer or choreographer? / In it or out of it? /Who owns what?
How can I simplify all of this?
Forget all this
Bibliography
Thanks
Biography of the author
Index
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