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Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance

Drama, Dance and Ceremony

Janet Goodridge

Paperback: £27.99 / $44.95

1999, 234mm x 156mm / 9.25in x 6in, 288pp
ISBN: 978-1-85302-548-8, BIC 2: MQTC

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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.