Improvisation2Coreography Part I: Introduction

Improvisation2Coreography: Concepts in Restructuring Modern Raks
By Asim al-Talib/Woodrow Jarvis Hill
Adapted from work done for my Sept. 2002 seminar , kindly sponsored by Belly Revelations in Durham, NC

Part One: Introduction

Building choreography is, perhaps, best compared to completing a puzzle; largely you know what pieces are at hand, but you must match them together to make a coherent whole.

There are two parts we’ll discuss here; Knowing your music, and an understanding of the fundamental moves in the dance. There are others bits, such as stagecraft, and working the audience, that we can touch on if we have time in the class itself.