The Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama - Softcover

9780809324194: The Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809324199 ISBN 13: 9780809324194

Publisher: Southern Illinois University Pr, 2002

The 19 contributors to this book attest that movement is our first language, our universal language. The book gives a voice to accomplished teachers, actors, dancers, directors, authors and choreographers who share their experiences while they address creative-movement education from pre-school through college. As editor of this collection, dancer, choreographer and artistic director Annelise Mertz, provides both an aesthetic appreciation for creative-movement education, as well as practical pedagogy for incorporating dance and drama into contemporary curriculum. Contributors include Becky Engler-Hicks, Ruth Grauert, Anna Halprin, Joanna G. Harris, Margaret N. H'Doubler, Michael Hoeye, Murray Louis, Annelise Mertz, Jaime Nisenbaum, Carol North, Jeff Rehg, Shirley Ririe, G. Hoffman Soto, Emma D. Sheehy, Harold Taylor, Branislav Tomich, Dorothy M. Vislocky and Joan J. Woodbury.

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Review:

The Body Can Speak: Essays on Creative Movement Education with Emphasis on Dance and Drama is a history of practice and belief that is up to date and in the proudest way, useful.... All of the essays are united by a common calling: to reevaluate the meaning of movement in our schools and communities. - Lisa Eck, Wake Forest University

About the Author:

A recipient of the Missouri Arts and Education Council Award for Excellence in the Arts, Annelise Mertz is a professor emerita of dance at Washington University, founder and former director (for thirty-one years) of the dance division of the performing arts department. She is also founder and former artistic director of the St. Louis Dancers. Before coming to the United States, Mertz was a professional dancer with the Jooss Tanz Theater, Berlin State Opera, and the Municipal Theaters of Dusseldorf and Darmstadt.

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