"Dance Improvisations" will provide assistance with any doubts that dancers and teachers might have with improvisation. This practical book promotes creativity that can lead to innovative breakthroughs among students from secondary school age through to university dance courses. The activities support all portions of your class, including improvisation lessons, games that stimulate creativity and tasks for creating movement. Each activity has been tested and refined by the author. The step-by-step instruction and teaching tips that you receive save you valuable preparation time and the instructions are clear enough that more experienced students can use the book to practice on their own.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Improvisation; Chapter 2. Warm-Up Improvisations; Chapter 3. Creating Movement Material; Chapter 4. Movement Improvisations; Chapter 5. Exploring Contact Improvisation; Chapter 6. Developing Improvisations.

About the Author

Justine Reeve is a veteran dance teacher, having earned her BA (Honours) in dance and related arts and a postgraduate diploma in dance and collaborative arts from the University of Chichester and a postgraduate certificate in education (PGCE). She is the artistic director of the West Sussex Youth Dance Company, an A-level dance examiner and a standards verifier for BTEC firsts and national diploma in dance.