TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lerman,Liz
AU  - Halprin,Anna
AU  - Jacobson,Solomon
TI  - Teaching dance to senior adults
SN  - 0398066418
PY  - 1984///
CY  - Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A.
PB  - Charles C Thomas Publisher
KW  - Dansa
KW  - Ensenyament
KW  - lemac
KW  - Dansa aplicada per a persones grans
KW  - Educació física per a persones grans
N1  - Índex; Bibliografia; Conté: Foreword / Anna Halprin -- Foreword / Solomon Jacobson --  Preface -- Introduction --  1. Why Modern Dance For Senior Adults? -- 2. Basic Theory and Definition of Terms -- 3. How, Where, When, and Who Is Going To Pay for It? -- 4. The Beginning of Class: Warm-Up -- 5. Standing Warm-Ups -- 6. Moving into the Center: Improvisation -- 7. More Center Work -- 8. Public Demonstration and Performance: The Dangers of the Third Age -- 9. Benefits for Older and Younger Dancers -- 10. Refections on the Future
N2  - "Teaching Dance to Senior Adultsis based on a program of dance, exercise, and improvisation developed over an eight-year period under the auspices of the Dance Exchange, a nonprofit arts organization founded by Liz Lerman in 1976. The Dance Exchange is an association of dancers who believe that the skills, discipline, expression, and beauty of dance belong to everyone. It is committed to programs and policies that nurture the growth of the individual, the artist, and the community. This book demonstrates how the creative and physical energies of older persons can find expression through modern dance. Based on a successful technique used with hundreds of senior citizens, the book shows how to work with the elderly to create dances for their own satisfaction and for public performance. Included are seated warm-ups and standing exercises that gradually lead older adults to greater use of their bodies, improvisational techniques that enable individuals to create their own dances, and group dances. The social and therapeutic aspects of the program are discussed in depth. Information on administering and financing dance programs for senior adults is also presented. The significance of this work lies ultimately in its ability to bridge the isolation of artists and of the elderly. The validation and meaning of dance come from positive use of mind and body, the sharing of knowledge, and the resultant joy that occurs when  people dance together. -- Contracoberta
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