| Description |
xvii, 249 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Perspectives on creativity |
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Perspectives on creativity.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Miriam Roskin Berger -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modern Dance, Sense of Self, and One's Surrounding World -- 3. Self Psychology -- 4. Creativity, Self Psychology and the Modern Dance Choreographer -- 5. Paul Taylor: A Case Study -- 6. Creativity and Transformation: The Heart of Education |
| Summary |
This book employs psychoanalytic self psychology to analyze the creative process, emphasizing the self-world relationship and its transformative possibilities. This analysis is applied to the work of modern dance choreography, with special attention to the life and work of Paul Taylor. Drawing on this analysis, the implications of her theory of the creative process for the enrichment of the individual in his or her daily aesthetic, are examined |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and indexes |
| Subject |
Modern dance -- Study and teaching.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Self psychology.
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| LC no. |
2002068789 |
| ISBN |
9781572734401 (hardback) |
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