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

Rhythm and Timing of Movement in Performance Drama, Dance and Ceremony
	Contents
	List of Figures
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
	PART I: IDEAS AND THEORIES
		1 Rhythm in Human Movement
		2 Patterns in Time: Metricity, Flow, Timing and Other Aspects of Rhythm in Performance
		3 Time Elements and Performance Conventions
		4 Contributions to the Study of Rhythm from Observers: Movement Notation and Anthropology
		5 Contributions to the Study of Rhythm in the Theatre
		6 Time and Rhythm in Human Movement: Rudolf Laban’s Contribution
	PART II: LOOKING AND SEEING
		7 Description and Classification of Time Elements in Performance Events: A Synthesis of Approaches
		8 Suggestions for Training in the Observation of Rhythm and Timing
		9 An Application in Learning and Teaching: Rhythm and Timing in an Approach to T’ai Chi (Tai Ji)
	PART III: PERFORMANCE EVENTS — TIME ELEMENTS, RHYTHM AND TIMING IN ACTION
		10 Easter in Arizona and Mexico: An Experience of Yaqui Ceremonies
		11 Papua New Guinea: Rhythm and Timing in Traditional Maring Life
		12 For Queen and Country — A British Event: Trooping the Colour
	Conclusion
	References
	Subject Index
	Name Index