Making an Entrance

This clearly written, thought provoking manual includes over 50 exercises and improvisations designed to stimulate and challenge students-disabled and non-disabled-----at all levels of dance. Taking improvisation as his focus, Adam Benjamin asks what it has to offer as an art form and how it can be better used to meet the changing needs of dance education. He also explores the history of a dis-integrated dance practice, placing it within the wider context of cultural and political movements. He includes useful hints on the practicalities of setting up workshops covering issues as diverse as the safety aspects of wheelchairs and the accessibility of dance spaces.