The dance: "Dance is a negotiation with the designs your body thinks of."

The rules: "Try to break the rules only if it is necessary to break them."

The updated and revised edition of 'The Choreographer's Handbook' invites the reader to explore how and why to create a dance performance. In an inspired and unusually empowering sequence of stories, questions, ideas, and paradoxes, internationally recognized choreographer Jonathan Burrows explains how it is possible to navigate this complex process.

It is a remarkable reflection on a personal practice and professional journey, drawing from many years of discussions in workshops led by Burrows. Burrows' open and honest prose gives the reader access to a range of principles, exercises, meditations, and ideas about choreography that allow artists and dance creators to find their own aesthetic process. It is a book for anyone interested in creating performances, at any level and in any style.

Pages: 260, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm