Dance Composition A Practical Guide to Creative Success in Dance Making

Dance composition - the discipline that translates ideas into dances - is an important part of dance education. This book, a bestseller for over twenty years, is a practical guide to creative success in dance making and is a popular textbook for all those who are interested in dance composition, from secondary school to university. This new edition includes a DVD with video taken from Choreographic Outcomes, a groundbreaking advanced technology resource pack aimed at comprehensively improving students' choreography. The book has been revised, redesigned and expanded. Reference to the DVD examples are made throughout the book and new assignments based on the video material are included.

Jacqueline Smith-Autard is acknowledged as a world-leading exponent in dance education. She has taught dance in schools and universities and was chief xxaminer for dance certification exams for a decade. She was a founder member of the National Dance Teachers Association, is a trainer of teachers in dance education and a pioneer in the use of technology to extend and enhance dance pedagogy.