Contents

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 Rhythmic Intuition

Intuitive Thinking

Movement and Intuition

Rhythm is Made of Movement

Noticing Movement as Rhythm

Feeling Movement’s Rhythmic Potential

Empathy with Movement: Experience, Body, and Brain

Being Rhythm and Thinking Rhythmically

Summary

CHAPTER 2 Editing as Choreography

Shifting the Discussion from Music to Movement

Pulse

Movement Phrases

Why Bother with Phrasing?

Phrasing Considerations

Summary

CHAPTER 3 Timing, Pacing, and Trajectory Phrasing

Timing

Pacing

Trajectory Phrasing

Summary

CHAPTER 4 Tension, Release, and Synchronization

Tension and Release

Synchronization

Case Study in Tension, Release, and Synchronization: ...

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