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Writing About Dance by Wendy R. Oliver is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Writing About Dance about?

Master the art of writing about dance! And learn about dance at the same time. This comprehensive guide provides students with instructions for writing about dance in many different contexts. It brings together the many different kinds of writing that can be effectively used in a variety of dance classes from technique to appreciation. In addition, it offers strategies for improving critical thinking skills, and shows how writing and critical thinking are closely linked. Part I focuses on informal writing such as freewriting, with sample exercises and prompts. Part II outlines approaches to writing three different kinds of formal papers: critiques, essays and research papers. Writing about dance teaches on two levels. First, the writer is learning dance content as s/he writes. Engaging in the writing assignment causes the writer to take a look at an aspect of dance and to become a 'momentary expert'. Secondly, writing itself is a way of learning. Writing involves the brain in three kinds of interaction, that is, the intellectual act of critically thinking, the physical act of writing or typing, and the visual aspect of seeing the writing on the page. The critical thinking and conte

Who reads Writing About Dance?

Author

Wendy R. Oliver

Publisher

Human Kinetics, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Human Kinetics, Plc

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780736076104

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Performing Arts, Sports, Anthropology