Physics and the Art of Dance: Understanding Movement by Kenneth Laws,Francia Russell,Martha Swope
By Kenneth Laws,Francia Russell,Martha Swope
Beautiful, unique stop-action photos through Martha Swope, besides transparent diagrams, illustrate the thoughts defined within the textual content. Plus, an exciting "puzzler" first and foremost of every bankruptcy offers an attractive entrée into the subjects offered. should you desire a extra complex figuring out of the physics, huge appendices are provided.
This new booklet combines the simplest gains of Laws's extensively acclaimed The Physics of Dance and Physics, Dance, and the Pas de Deux through legislation and Cynthia Harvey. Its professional software of the fundamental ideas of physics to the paintings of dance might be a useful source for dancers and dance teachers and may open a brand new point of appreciation for enthusiasts of the shape. it's going to additionally attract physicists who search to incorporate the humanities of their clinical pursuits.
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