A CHOREOGRAPHERS HANDBOOK

On choreography Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking On rules Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis The updated and revised edition of A Choreographer s Handbook invites the reader to investigate how and why to make a dance performance In an inspiring and unusually empowering sequence of stories questions ideas and paradoxes internationally renowned choreographer teacher and writer Jonathan Burrows explains how it s possible to navigate a course through this complex process It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice and professional journey and draws upon many years of workshop discussions led by Burrows Burrows open and honest prose gives the reader access to a range of principles exercises meditations and ideas on choreography that allow artists and dance makers to find their own aesthetic process It is a book for anyone interested in making performance at whatever level and in whichever style