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Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance:: Drama, Dance and Ceremony

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Importance is frequently ascribed to rhythm, timing and movement in the arts and they are used to great effect both consciously and unconsciously in theatre, drama, dance, ceremony and ritual. This work explores ideas and theories on the subject of rhythm, timing and movement in performance, employing anthropological, cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary perspectives. Part one provides an introduction to their use, illustrating a range of ideas and theories with quotations and practical examples. In part two the ways in which these ideas may be applied in performance, observation, and practice is explained and the basic factors and elements of the three are described and classified. Suggestions are also made for the development of skills in movement observation, with particular examples from different cultures. The final section explores contrasting approaches and descriptions of rhythm and timing in action, with detailed descriptions of performance events in Britain, Arizona, Mexico and Papua New Guinea.
Part 1 Ideas and theories: rhythm in human movement; patterns in time - metericity, flow, timing and other aspects of rhythm and performance; time elements and performance conventions; contributions to the study of rhythm from observers - movement notation and anthropology; contributions to the study of rhythm in theatre; time and rhythm in human movement - Rudolf Laban's contribution; conclusion to part one. Part 2 Looking and seeing: description and classification of time elements in performance events - a synthesis of approaches; suggestions for training in the observation of movement-rhythm and timing; an application in learning and teaching - rhythm and timing in an approach to T'ai Chi Chu'uan (Tai Ji). Part 3 Performance events - time elements, rhythm and timing in action: Easter in Arizona and Mexico - an experience of Yaqui ceremonies; Papua New Guinea - rhythm and timing in Maring life; for Queen and country - a British ceremony - trooping the colour.
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