Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement
Physics and the Art of Dance gives all who enjoy dance - whether as dancers, students, teachers, or fans - an opportunity to understand what happens when human bodies move in the remarkable ways we call dance. How, for instance, do dancers create the illusion of defying gravity?... read full description below.
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| ISBN-13 |
9780195341010 |
| ISBN-10 |
0195341015 |
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| Stock |
Available |
| Status |
Indent title (internationally sourced), usually ships 4-6 weeks |
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| Publisher |
Oxford University Press |
| Imprint |
Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publication Date |
30 October 2008
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| International Publication Date |
6 November 2008 |
| Publication Country |
 United States |
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| Format |
Paperback |
| Edition |
2nd Revised edition |
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| Author(s) |
By Laws, Kenneth
By Sugano, Arleen |
| Category |
Dance
Biomechanics, Human Kinetics
Physics
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| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| Library of Congress |
Ballet dancing, Dance, Human mechanics |
| NBS Text |
Music & Dance |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
286 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 200mm
Height: 250mm
Spine: 17mm |
| Weight |
785g |
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| Dewey Code |
612.044 |
| Catalogue Code |
250186 |
Description of this Book
Physics and the Art of Dance gives all who enjoy dance - whether as dancers, students, teachers, or fans - an opportunity to understand what happens when human bodies move in the remarkable ways we call dance. How, for instance, do dancers create the illusion of defying gravity? Or of starting to spin when in the air with no source of force to act on their bodies? You may observe some dancers using their arms in a way that allows some to jump higher than others. What is that technique, and why does it work? In this second edition, author Ken Laws - a physicist with years of professional dance training - teams with veteran dance instructor Arleen Sugano to provide new step-by-step experiments for dancers. "What you see" sections describe the way physical principles form the framework within which some movements exist. The complementary "What you do" sections allow dancers to experience how those physical analyses can provide them a more efficient means of learning how to carry out those movements. Throughout, the book shows how movements are first artistic expressions, and secondly movements of the body within the framework of easy-to-understand physical principles.Dancers and dance instructors will find in this book an efficient means of improving technical proficiency and growing professional and aesthetic development. For physics and science teachers, the book provides a new and compelling way to draw people into the world of science. And observers and fans of dance will marvel over the beautiful time-stop photography by renowned dance photographers Martha Swope and Gene Schiavone.
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