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    <title>Nikolais/Louis dance technique</title>
    <subTitle>a philosophy and method of modern dance</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Nikolais, Alwin.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Louis, Murray.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Routledge</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>259 p. : ill.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Introduction -- Basic dance -- Vision of a new technique -- Decentralization -- Grain -- Density -- Gravity and verticality -- The psyche -- Stasis -- Dynamics -- Sensory perception -- Movement range -- Three conditions of energy -- Defining improvisation -- Gestalt -- Nature and art -- Language of criticism -- Composition.</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Alwin Nikolais &amp; Murray Louis.</note>
  <note type="venue">YT2025 M09</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Modern dance</topic>
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    <topic>Philosophy</topic>
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