TY - BOOK AU - Royston TI - Dramatic dance. An actor's approach to dance as a dramatic art SN - 1408173816 AV - PN1560 R697 2014 U1 - 790.2 PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Methuen Drama KW - Dance KW - Psychological aspects KW - Drama KW - Movement (Acting) KW - fast N1 - P.B; P.B N2 - Dance is part of the art of theatre, a part which connects to movement, to communication, to improvisation, and to performance. It cannot exist on its own in the context of dramatic performance, but works in conjunction with other elements to enable meanings to be created in performance. 'Dramatic Dance' sets a programme for actors to perform dance as part of the drama, offering several approaches which can contribute to developing this understanding, to training this skill, and always ensuring that the whole active and thinking body and mind are fully engaged with the task of making dance an integral and vital part of theatre. Author Darren Royston shows that to study dance in this way allows students to develop further their understanding of logic and structure in a dramatic text ER -