Making an Entrance: Dancing Out the Message Behind Inclusive Practice - Softcover

Benjamin, Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367858304 ISBN 13: 9780367858308

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

This second edition of Making an Entrance is a practical and thought-provoking introduction to teaching dance with disabled and non-disabled students, updated with expanded coverage, new and revised exercises, and chapters that cover post-pandemic and online practice, diversity and inclusivity.

With improvisation as his central concern Benjamin covers an extensive range of topics, including new autoethnographic writing, mental health, performance, feedback, and The Dancers’ Forest, and interrogates what we mean when we talk about ‘inclusive’ and ‘integrated dance.’ There are over 50 stimulating and challenging exercises purposefully designed for dance students of all levels accompanied by teaching notes, and examples drawn from the author’s experience as a teacher, performer, and dance maker. Useful hints are provided on the practicalities of setting up workshops covering issues such as class sizes, the safety aspects of wheelchairs and accessibility.

An essential read for both students and teachers of improvisation who are seeking ways to engage with issues of diversity, written to be accessible whilst offering areas of increasing complexity and challenge for more experienced practitioners.

About this title

About the Author

Adam Benjamin is one of the pioneers of integrated dance. Co-founder and former Artistic Director of Candoco Dance Company, he is an award-winning choreographer, a National Teaching Fellow, and a workshop leader with a world-wide reputation for inclusive practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367858304
• ISBN 13: 9780367858308
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 236