Modern Dance: Building and Teaching Lessons

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Summary: Lots of info for beginning students and teachers
Review: When I first began reading this book, I was astounded at the number of exercises that were given in the opening chapters. While I did know how to execute most of the exercises it was so helpful to have everything written down in plain english. As I continued reading I enjoyed the detail that Aileene Lockhart used in describing things like spatial relationships, planning performances, etc. My copy is pretty old but it is still filled to the brim with information that a seasoned teacher or a first year teacher could use. The one and only reason I didn't give this book five stars was because of the illustrations in the book. Beautiful pictures abound here but the line drawings here are horrible. I got confused every time I looked at them and I ended up just reading the exercise description two or three times to make sure I was doing the right thing. If there is ever another edition of this marvelous book the only thing to improve upon is the line drawings.