The 19 contributors to this book attest that movement is our first language, our universal language. The book gives a voice to accomplished teachers, actors, dancers, directors, authors and choreographers who share their experiences while they address creative-movement education from pre-school through college. As editor of this collection, dancer, choreographer and artistic director Annelise Mertz, provides both an aesthetic appreciation for creative-movement education, as well as practical pedagogy for incorporating dance and drama into contemporary curriculum. Contributors include Becky Engler-Hicks, Ruth Grauert, Anna Halprin, Joanna G. Harris, Margaret N. H'Doubler, Michael Hoeye, Murray Louis, Annelise Mertz, Jaime Nisenbaum, Carol North, Jeff Rehg, Shirley Ririe, G. Hoffman Soto, Emma D. Sheehy, Harold Taylor, Branislav Tomich, Dorothy M. Vislocky and Joan J. Woodbury.
- ISBN10 0809324180
- ISBN13 9780809324187
- Publish Date 30 June 2002
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 July 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition 3rd ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English