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THE PLACE OF DANCE
Publication of the book is funded by the
Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund
at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Dancer: Susanna Recchia An Instant of Form Greenwich Park, Canary Wharf, and Southbank
Photograph © Christian Kipp
A SOMATIC GUIDE TO DANCING AND DANCE MAKING
THE PLACE OF DANCE
Andrea Olsen, with Caryn McHose
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, Connecticut
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown CT 06459
© 2014 Andrea Olsen
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
Designed by Katherine B. Kimball
Typeset in Minion and Quadraat Sans by Passumpsic Publishing
Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative.
The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper.
Publication of the book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Olsen, Andrea.
The place of dance: a somatic guide to dancing and dance making / Andrea Olsen, with Caryn McHose.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-8195-7405-3 (pbk.: alk. paper)—
ISBN 978-0-8195-7406-0 (ebook)
1. Dance—History. 2. Dance—Psychological aspects. 3. Somesthesia. 4. Senses and sensation. I. Title.
GV1601.O57 2013
792.8—dc23 2013024221
5 4 3 2 1
For the next generation of dancers,
especially Lucas and Tula Isabel, Caitie and Arleigh,
and all the young ones
who deserve dancing as part of their lives.
Drawing by Helen Ingle, age eight
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