Experiencing Dance: From Student to Dance Artist by Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague, and Susan McGreevy-Nichols is a comprehensive dance education textbook designed to help students progress from learning movement fundamentals to developing as dancers, choreographers, performers, and informed observers of dance.
The book combines practical movement experiences with dance science, technique, creativity, choreography, performance, and critical thinking. Students explore how the body works, develop warm-up and training practices, investigate different dance forms, and learn how movement can communicate ideas and emotions.
Later sections focus on choreography, production, analyzing the work of other artists, sharing dance within the community, and preparing portfolios, résumés, and audition skills. Its educational approach emphasizes the dancer’s development as an individual, performer, and creative artist.
Contents
The first edition is organized around the progression from student to dance artist. Google Books confirms major sections including movement, becoming a choreographer, becoming a dancer, performance development, and refinement as a dance artist.
Movement and the Dancer
- Exploring the Body and Movement
- Developing Movement Awareness
- Understanding Movement Potential
- Thinking and Learning Through Dance
Becoming a Dancer
- Developing Dance Skills
- Dance Training and Technique
- Exploring Different Forms of Dance
- Improving Performance
Dance as an Art Form
- Movement and Expression
- Communicating Through Dance
- Dance in Cultural and Social Contexts
- Understanding and Responding to Dance
Becoming a Choreographer
- Creating Movement
- Developing Choreographic Ideas
- Organizing Movement Into Dance
- Preparing Dance for Performance
Refining Yourself as a Dance Artist
- Learning From Other Dancers and Choreographers
- Evaluating Dance
- Improving Performance and Choreography
- Sharing Dance With Others
- Preparing for Further Dance Study and Careers
- Glossary
- References, Bibliography and Suggested Readings
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