Dance Words

In her unique collection of the verbal language of dance practitioners and researchers Valerie Preston-Dunlop presents a comprehensive view of people in dance: what they do their movement their sound and the space in which they work - from the standpoint of the performers choreographers audiences administrators and teachers. The words and phrases of their technical and vernacular languages which are used to communicate what is essentially a non-verbal activity have been collected in rehearsal classes and workshops by interviews and from published sources. In this first collection of its kind Valerie Preston-Dunlop extends her selection of verbal language to include the various social and theatrical domains of dance.