Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance
Autor Eric Franklinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 noi 2026
În paginile volumului Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, dialogul dintre textul explicativ și cele 300 de ilustrații alb-negru creează o hartă mentală indispensabilă pentru orice dansator. Remarcăm cum Eric Franklin nu se limitează la instrucțiuni biomecanice, ci folosește desenul pentru a reinterpreta senzația mișcării, transformând conceptele abstracte în imagini vizuale care ghidează corpul din interior spre exterior. Subliniem faptul că această a doua ediție extinde universul explorat în Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, punând un accent deosebit pe aplicarea acestor tehnici în contextul riguros al cursurilor de tehnică și al spectacolului viu. Experiența de lectură este una profund senzorială; cititorul nu doar învață pași, ci experimentează vizual procesul de „întrupare” a artei. Ca și Functional Awareness de Nancy Romita, lucrarea pune în valoare legătura dintre anatomie și artă, dar cu un accent distinct pe puterea psihologică a imageriei mentale ca motor al expresivității. Structura logică a cărții, împărțită în patru secțiuni, facilitează o progresie naturală: de la bazele teoretice ale științei imageriei, la explorarea individuală și, în final, la aplicarea în coregrafie și regenerare. Reținem abordarea holistică a autorului, care tratează odihna și recuperarea cu aceeași rigoare ca și execuția tehnică, integrând astfel dansul într-un stil de viață echilibrat. Această lucrare se înscrie perfect în filosofia celorlalte volume ale sale, precum Conditioning for Dance 2nd Edition sau Breathing for Peak Performance, consolidând Metoda Franklin ca un standard în educația somatică modernă.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 171823810X
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 mm
Ediția:Third Edition
Editura: HUMAN KINETICS
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Recomandăm această carte dansatorilor și instructorilor care doresc să depășească barierele tehnice prin puterea vizualizării. Cititorul câștigă o metodologie clară pentru a îmbunătăți aliniamentul și expresivitatea fără efort fizic suplimentar. Este un instrument practic care transformă antrenamentul cotidian într-o experiență conștientă, oferind peste 300 de repere vizuale pentru o performanță artistică superioară.
Despre autor
Eric Franklin este un maestru recunoscut la nivel internațional, fondator al Metodei Franklin, care revoluționează modul în care dansatorii își înțeleg propriul corp. Cu o experiență vastă în predarea tehnicilor de mișcare și imagerie mentală, el a publicat lucrări fundamentale precum Breathing for Peak Performance și Conditioning for Dance 2nd Edition. Abordarea sa combină cunoștințele științifice despre anatomia funcțională cu elemente de psihologie cognitivă, fiind invitat să predea la instituții de prestigiu precum Juilliard School și Royal Ballet din Londra.
Notă biografică
After earning his bachelor of science degree at the University of Zurich and his bachelor of fine arts degree at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Eric Franklin worked for many years as a dancer and choreographer. He developed his groundbreaking Franklin Method based on this training and his teaching experiences, and he has gone on to teach it at numerous universities and schools around the world, including the Juilliard School in New York, Rutgers University, the University of Vienna, the Royal Ballet School and the Laban Dance Center in London, the Zurich Neurological Institute, New York University, the Royal Danish Ballet, the Ballet School of the Zurich Opera, and the American Dance Festival.
Franklin has presented at numerous scientific conferences, including the Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Back and Pelvic Pain; the International Fascia Research Congress; the British Fascia Symposium; and the conferences of the Pilates Method Alliance, International Association for Dance Medicine & Science, and the National Dance Education Organization. He has also presented at many sport psychology conferences and is involved with research in the field. He is the author of numerous books, including Conditioning for Dance; Inner Focus Outer Strength; Pelvic Power; Relax Your Neck, Liberate Your Shoulders; Breathing for Peak Performance; and Fascia Release and Balance.
Created in 1994, the Franklin Method combines dynamic science-based imagery, touch, anatomical embodiment, and educational skills to create lasting positive change in the body and mind as well as improvements in posture, movement, and focus. The Franklin Method uses the Dynamic Neurocognitive Imagery (DNI)(TM) method for movement and postural control retraining. Eric Franklin's books and workshops are available in many languages, as are his teacher certifications.
Cuprins
Chapter 1. History, Theory, and Uses of Imagery
Defining Imagery
Historical Perspectives
Emerging Theories on Imagery
Benefits of Using Imagery in Dance
Summary
Chapter 2. Types and Effectiveness of Imagery
Direct Imagery
Types of Imagery
Imagery Strings
Making Imagery Effective
Summary
Part II. Discovering and Exploring Imagery
Chapter 3. Discovering Imagery
Nature
Movies
Literary Arts
Music
Visual Arts
Propensity Toward Imagery
Summary
Chapter 4. Basic Movement Imagery and Exercises
Intention
Whole-Body Sensation
Space
Weight
Music and Rhythm
Connections Through the Body
Breath and Flow
Summary
Chapter 5. Imagery in Dance Improvisation
Improvisation and Dance Technique
Improvisation With Children
Imagery Improvisation Exercises
Contact Improvisation and Imagery
Butoh
Summary
Part III. Imagery in Dance Technique Classes
Chapter 6. Teaching Dance With Imagery
Elements of Making Progress
Function and Anatomy
Effort and Tension
Alignment Paradox
Guidelines for Teachers
Guidelines for Students
Summary
Chapter 7. Floorwork, Walking, and Running
Floorwork
Pelvis as a Strong Sitting Base
Upper-Body Motion While Sitting
Falls to the Floor
Rolls on the Ground
Floor Barre
Stillness and Slow Movement
The Foot
Walking and Running
Summary
Chapter 8. Plié
Force Absorption in Plié
Imagery for Plié
Summary
Chapter 9. Tendu-Based Movements
Battement Tendu/Dégagé (Jeté)
Rond de Jambe à Terre
Battement Fondu (Demi-Plié on One Leg)
Battement Frappé
Summary
Chapter 10. Développé and Other Extensions
Creating Smooth Action in the Hip Joint
Extensions to the Back
Releasing Tension, Embodying Fascia
Summary
Chapter 11. Dynamic Balance in Arabesque, Attitude, and Grand Battement
Research on Imagery for the Plié Arabesque
Art and Science of Balance
Grand Battement
Summary
Chapter 12. Swings, Arches, and Spirals
Swings and Arches
Spirals
Summary
Chapter 13. Upper-Body Gestures
Port de Bras (Arm Gestures)
Hands
Face
Eyes
Neck
Summary
Chapter 14. Turns
From Crawls to Pirouettes
Natural Turners
What You Can Learn From a Spinning Top
Turning With the Whole Body
Angular Motion
Phases of Turning in Pirouettes
Summary
Chapter 15. Jumps
Speed and Leverage
Anatomical Considerations
The Foot in Jumping
Elastic Leaps and Rhythmic Rebound
Traveling Leaps and Turning Leaps
Breathing Before Jumping
Arms and Leaping
Floors and Soft Landings
The Sky Is the Limit
Summary
Chapter 16. Partnering
Requirements for Partnering
Connecting With Your Partner
Using Imagery in Partnering
Summary
Part IV. Imagery in Choreography, Rest, and Regeneration
Chapter 17. Imagery and Performance Quality
Expressivity
Authenticity
Endowment
Magical Outfit
Performance Environment
Relationship With the Audience
Your History
Stepping Onstage
Summary
Chapter 18. Rest and Regeneration
Using Your Hands to Cue and Ease
Releasing Touch
Constructive Rest
Guided Imagery
Summary
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index
About the Author
Descriere scurtă
Now in full color, this edition presents over 900 imagery exercises to refine improvisation, technique, and choreography, with Franklin's signature artwork throughout. The book features over 200 practical and beautiful illustrations.
Updates throughout the text reflect the most-up-to-date scientific research in the field, providing readers with a strong foundation to continue refining their dance technique.
This edition features additional imagery exercises with a wider variety of dance forms and styles, and it includes exercises that can restore and regenerate the body through massage, touch, and stretching. Franklin offers guidance in using imagery to convey information about a dancer's steps and to clarify the intent and content of movement.
Four audio imagery exercises, narrated by the author himself, guide the reader through meditations to relax and restore the body and mind. These audio exercises promote constructive rest.
Improvisation exercises help readers investigate new inner landscapes to create and communicate various movement qualities, provide guidelines for applying imagery in the dance class, and help dancers expand their repertoire of expressiveness in technique and performance across ballet, modern, and contemporary dance.
Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, Third Edition, supplies imagery tools for enhancing or preparing for performance, and it emphasizes the importance of imagery in dancing and teaching dance. Franklin's method of using imagery in dance is displayed throughout this lavishly illustrated book, and the research from scientific and dance literature that supports Franklin's method is detailed. The text, exercises, and illustrations make this book a practical resource for dancers and dance educators alike.
Note: A URL to access the online materials is included in this print book.
Descriere
Using imagery to improve dancing and artistic expression. Renowned master teacher Eric Franklin has thoroughly updated his classic text, Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance, providing dancers and dance teachers with a deep understanding of how they can use imagery to improve their dancing and artistic expression in class and in performance. The 300 illustrations cover the major topics in the book, showing exercises to use in technique, artistic expression and performance.
This new edition of Dance Imagery for Technique and Performance can be used with Franklin's Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, Second Edition, or on its own. Either way, readers will learn how to combine technical expertise with imagery skills to enrich their performance, and they will discover methods they can use to explore how imagery connects with dance improvisation and technique.