Credits ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xvii

Part One: Groundwork: Dance, Alexander Technique, and Dart Procedures 1
Introduction to Part One 3
1. Assumptions and Foundations 9
2. Alexander Technique: Overview and Basic Principles 17
3. The Dart Procedures: Overview and Key Concepts 27

Part Two: From Crawling to Leaping: Dart Procedures Applied to Dance Training 41
Introduction to Part Two 43
4. Primary and Secondary Curves: Looking at Movement through a New Lens 45
5. Spirals for Connectivity and Lengthening 57
6. Discovering the Resiliency of the System 71

Part Three: The Right Thing Does Itself- Alexander Principles Applied to Dance Training 83
Introduction to Part Three 85
7. The Whole Self 87
8. Becoming Aware of Habit 95
9. Head First: Facilitating Coordination 103
10. Allowing versus Doing 111
11. Releasing the Catch: Direction 117

Part Four: Applications to Dance Movements 129
Introduction to Part Four 131
12. Applications to Ballet 133
13. Applications to Contemporary Modern Dance Technique 149
14. Applications for Teachers: Correction with Direction 165

Epilogue 177
Bibliography 181
DVD Contents 185
Index 187