Silent Speech - Interpretation of Dance Body Language

Author: Liu Jian
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: Dance is the "mother of arts," not only ancient but also profound, often revered and distant. Today, she suddenly sits high in the "ivory tower," shrouded in mist and clouds; or twists in karaoke halls, squares, or cross streets, dazzling and bewildering, leaving one unsure of its meaning. This book aims to unveil the thick and thin veils of dance, restoring its original, comprehensible significance. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on theoretical elaboration, while Chapters 3 to 7 emphasize the analysis of specific body parts, deconstructing the human body in dance into five parts—hands, feet, torso, five senses, and head—to interpret them. It aligns with what Isadora Duncan said, "A person should be expressive from head to toe." To avoid the dryness of pure theoretical exposition, some theoretical issues are scattered into Chapters 3 to 7, such as "representational shaping and dynamic posture," "expressive shaping and dynamic posture," "formal style," "spatial movement and comprehensive expression," "dance's matchmaking of speech," and "leakage of cultural information," all of which hold universal significance. The final chapter takes Chinese classical dance and Uyghur dance as examples, reconstructing the deconstructed parts into an organic whole.