Draws on the genres of theatre, drama, dance, ceremony and ritual to see how rhythm and time elements can influence and breathe life into performance events, not only drama but festivals, processions, carnivals and so forth and their significance in different societies, cultures and contexts.
Draws on the genres of theatre, drama, dance, ceremony and ritual to see how rhythm and time elements can influence and breathe life into performance events, not only drama but festivals, processions, carnivals and so forth and their significance in different societies, cultures and contexts.
Janet Goodridge holds a PhD in anthropology from University College, London and has other qualifications in drama, music and education from Bristol University, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and in anthropology from the London School of Economics, as well as training in movement and dance. She has had wide experience as a movement practitioner, teacher and choreographer, and has been a Principal Lecturer in dance and related arts at various higher education and theatre training institutions. Her current teaching extends from movement training for actors to leading Tai Ji with older people in Community Day Care Centres.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction. Part One: Ideas and Theories. 1. Rhythm in Human Movement. 2. Patterns in Time: Metricity, Flow, Timing and Other Aspects of Rhythm in Performance. 3. Time Elements and Performance Conventions. 4. Contributions to the Study of Rhythm from Observers: Movement Notation and Anthropology. 5. Contributions to the Study of Rhythm in the Theatre. 6. Time and Rhythm in Human Movement: Rudolf Laban's Contribution. Conclusion to Part One. Part Two: Looking and Seeing. 7. Description and Classification of Time Elements in Performance Events - A Synthesis of Approaches. 8. Suggestions for Training in the Observation of Movement-Rhythm and Timing. 9. An Application in Learning and Teaching: Rhythm and Timing in an Approach to T'ai Chi Chu'uan (Tai Ji). Part Three: Performance Events - Time Elements, Rhythm and Timing in Action. 10. Easter in Arizona and Mexico - An Experience of Yaqui Ceremonies. 11. Papua New Guinea - Rhythm and Timing in Traditional Maring Life. 12. For Queen and Country - A British Event: Trooping the Colour. Conclusion. References. Index.
Introduction. Part One: Ideas and Theories. 1. Rhythm in Human Movement. 2. Patterns in Time: Metricity, Flow, Timing and Other Aspects of Rhythm in Performance. 3. Time Elements and Performance Conventions. 4. Contributions to the Study of Rhythm from Observers: Movement Notation and Anthropology. 5. Contributions to the Study of Rhythm in the Theatre. 6. Time and Rhythm in Human Movement: Rudolf Laban's Contribution. Conclusion to Part One. Part Two: Looking and Seeing. 7. Description and Classification of Time Elements in Performance Events - A Synthesis of Approaches. 8. Suggestions for Training in the Observation of Movement-Rhythm and Timing. 9. An Application in Learning and Teaching: Rhythm and Timing in an Approach to T'ai Chi Chu'uan (Tai Ji). Part Three: Performance Events - Time Elements, Rhythm and Timing in Action. 10. Easter in Arizona and Mexico - An Experience of Yaqui Ceremonies. 11. Papua New Guinea - Rhythm and Timing in Traditional Maring Life. 12. For Queen and Country - A British Event: Trooping the Colour. Conclusion. References. Index.
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