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Very nice clean copy. From the Foreword: When I was enjoying my first bold experiments in group dance improvisation with a small group in 1952 (a time when such things were unheard of) I began to dream of dances being Improvised by very large groups, and I longed to discover ways of making this possible. These dreams were forgotten in the day-by-day effort to keep a dance school going In a direction which sometimes seemed contrary to everyone else's, so it was with surprise that one day recently, when I was reporting some of the current work of my studio, I realized that my dream was being fulfilled. Throughout a long dance life I have been seeking uninterruptedly ever better ways of liberating and cultivating the natural creative movement resources which I find in everyone, and to offer to ordinary people authentic dance experiences which depend neither on rehearsed techniques, a fixed number of trained dancers, a special show place, or spectator approval. My students and I have found improvisation to be the most creative kind of dancing and group improvisation the most satisfying of all dance experiences. Group dance improvisation offers every individual dancer opportunity to express himself freely in movement while relating his movements to the movements of others, and to be a contributing part of a dance work which is greater than any he could create alone. It seems to me that group dance improvisation meets urgent contemporary needs: the need for joy in free movement expression, the need for membership in a meaningfully functioning group, the need for the kind of nourishment of inner individual life which only creative art activity can provide. There is also the need for people to move together in large groups, because there are many people in the world today. As my students have become more and more numerous, my groups have grown larger and larger, demanding of me many themes for large group dance improvisation. It Is these themes which I am sharing now, in this book, with other dancers and teachers. I offer It as the fulfillment of a dream. Tucson, Arizona September, 1974. 252 pages.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Group Dance Improvisations
- Author
- Barbara Mettler
- Publisher
- Mettler Studio
- Publication year
- 1974
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Dimensions
- 12.1 x 9.8 x 1.1 inches
- Seller catalogs
- PERFORMING ARTS::Dance::General
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