Teaching Dancing with Ideokinetic Principles Book

Contents

Foreword by Lynn Martin....................vii
Introduction....................ix
Chapter 1. Beams of Light....................1
Appendix: Lexicons of the Body....................18
Chapter 2. Relaxation....................21
Appendix: Constructive Rest by Lulu E. Sweigard....................35
Chapter 3. Baking Biscuits and Kinesthesia....................37
Appendix: The Dancer's Posture by Lulu E. Sweigard, with Introduction by Martha Hill....................47
Chapter 4. Doctors, Dancing, and Ideokinesis....................54
Appendix: Better Dancing through Better Body Balance by Lulu E. Sweigard....................69
Chapter 5. Mirror, Mirror ....................73
Appendix: Accentuate the Positive ....................86
Chapter 6. Imagery and Habit....................90
Appendix: Walking Bundles of Habit by William James....................100
Chapter 7. More about Teaching Dancing....................101
Appendix: Letter XI by Jean-Georges Noverre....................113
References Cited....................119
Author Index....................123
Subject Index....................125