A choreographer's handbook - Burrows, Jonathan (Abingdon, Oxon, [Eng.] Routledge, 2010)
Dancing/Principles -- Material -- Habits -- Repetition -- Repetition -- Repetition -- Improvisation / Cut and paste / Choreography -- Form -- Exploration / Risk -- SubjectInspiration / Stealing / Familiar movement / Choreography / Referencing other sources / Self-expression -- Contract/ Performance space / Language / Choreography -- Breakingthe rules -- Research / How and what? / Dramaturgy / Theory / Curiosity -- Interview / Unfinished business / Questions / Principles -- Financial limitations / Studios/ Funding applications -- Preparation / Rehearsal schedule / Heaviness -- Collaboration / Audience -- Originality / Paradox -- Technique / Parrot on your shoulder / Authenticity / Daily practice / Dancing / Style / Fiddling -- Virtuosity -- Hoarding / Beginnings -- Endings -- Keeping it going / Pacing -- Dub reggae / Rate of change / Simple material / Desperation -- Stillness and silence / Fear of being boring -- Minimaland maximal -- Does it work? / Showings / Mentoring Other bodies / States -- Distracting the self / Paradox/ Choreography / Performance / Electric guitars -- Predictable and unpredictable / Expectation -- Narrative / Ballet / Continuity -- Continuity / Sectional pieces / Material / Make six things / Choreography / Flow / Relation -- Relation / Solos, duos,trios, quartets / Ideas -- Relation / Time / Rhythm -- Time -- Abstract dance -- Counterpoint / Formal elements / Difference -- Scores / Studios / Improvisation-- Chance / Empty hands / Gamut of movements / Limitations / Laborious work / Philosophy -- Place or space? -- Audience / Facing the front / Confrontation / Humour / Failure -- Audience -- Performance / Principles--StThe marketplace / Earning a living / Administrating the work / Commissions -- Music / Collaboration / Silence-- Text -- Lighting / Technicians / Collaboration / Costumes / Shoes or no shoes? / Set design / Nudity -- Titles -- Filming / History / Collaboration / Mirrors / Human-scale -- Hierarchies / Dancer or choreographer? / In it or out of it? / Who owns what? -- How can I simplify all of this? -- Forget all this.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-212) and index.
Keywords: Choreography -- Study and teaching