Digital lesson transcription with attached video clips of Barbara Mettler teaching her 1978 Summer Dance Course at the Tucson Creative Dance Center are now available from Mettler Studios.
Full
Summer Dance Course
37 lessons covering topics on:
Introductory Lessons
Force Element
Time Element
Space Element
Body
as Instrument
Sound and Movement
Dramatic Expression
Applied Themes
Building Blocks for Group Dance
Includes 200 video clips
Time Element
Space Element
Body as Instrument
Sound and Movement
Dramatic Expression
Applied Themes
Building Blocks for Group Dance
A reference section on Mettler's principles follows each lesson.
Basic Concepts Series
A group of 8 topics which introduce Mettler's
methods, materials
and principles
Basic Concepts Series
methods, materials and principles
This material provides a unique first-person experience of Barbara Mettler teaching and is helpful for anyone interested in Mettler-based dance.
Depending on your computer's operating system the material is available via free download or a flash drive mailed to you. A charge of $10 covers the cost of the flash drive and mailing.
Depending on your computer's operating system the material is available via free download or a flash drive mailed to you. A charge of $10 covers the cost of the flash drive and mailing.
Contact Mary Ann Brehm mettlerstudios@gmail.com 814-677-3661 to receive a link for downloading this digital material, to order a flash drive, or to discuss the best way to receive this material.
For more information on Mettler Studios and Barbara Mettler go to:
www.barbaramettler.org
For people new to Mettler-based dance, we recommend starting with the Basic Concepts Series. It can be use by individuals and also groups who wish to study material together.
For more information on Mettler Studios and Barbara Mettler go to:
www.barbaramettler.org
For people new to Mettler-based dance, we recommend starting with the Basic Concepts Series. It can be use by individuals and also groups who wish to study material together.
Contact Mary Ann, also, for assistance forming a Basic Concept Study Group
Basic Concepts Series Topics:
Topic II: Individual and Group Body
Topic III: Activity and Passivity
Topic IV: Organic Form and Unison Movement
Topic V: Time Beat Patterns
Topic VI: Sound and Movement
Topic VII Position in Space
Topic VIII: Lines in Space
Video clips are embedded within the text and can be viewed while reading the lesson. Although not linked here, hyperlinks within the lessons take you to analysed quotes from Barbara Mettler on related principles of dance. Here is an example of the first page of a transcript of a lesson on Organic Form:
Basic Concepts Series: Topic IV
Organic Dance Form
Related
Material: Materials of Dance as a Creative Art Activity Chapter 6
OUTLINE
ORGANIC DANCE FORM
One Movement at a Time
Creative Pause
One Movement at a Time with a Creative Pause Between Movements
Creative Pause
One Movement at a Time with a Creative Pause Between Movements
ORGANIC DANCE
FORM
One Movement at a Time
All right, here is
something interesting that I think you must experience today, the sooner the
better. You've been moving and moving and moving and moving and moving and
moving and moving. Now, I want you to just make one movement—just one. And you are
going to make it as if it would be the only movement you're ever going to make
in your whole life. And you're going to put your whole self into it. And you
are going to start with no movement and you are going to end with no movement.
Now, you might just as well start on the floor; there's no reason not to. Let's see you ready to make a movement out of no movement. Let's see you in some position in which you are not moving.
Now, you might just as well start on the floor; there's no reason not to. Let's see you ready to make a movement out of no movement. Let's see you in some position in which you are not moving.
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And let it end in no
movement.
All right, rest. I think
we'll stand up.
Let's get ready to do it
again. Put yourself into
a condition of no movement.
a condition of no movement.
And make a movement...
Make another...
Make another movement...
Creative Pause