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A guide to a somatic movement practice : the anatomy of center

Title
  1. A guide to a somatic movement practice : the anatomy of center / Nancy Topf, with Hetty King.
Published by
  1. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2022]
Author
  1. Topf, Nancy

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Additional authors
  1. King, Hetty
Description
  1. xii, 194 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "In this introduction to the work of somatic dance education pioneer Nancy Topf, readers are ushered on a journey to explore the movement of the body through a close awareness of anatomical form and function"--
Subject
  1. Methods (Music)
  2. Modern dance > Technique
  3. Modern dance > Philosophy
  4. Mind and body therapies > Methods
  5. Body-mind centering > Methods
Genre/Form
  1. Methods (Music)
Contents
  1. How to Use This Book -- A Biographical Note on Nancy Topf / Hetty King -- How I Met Nancy Topf / Hetty King -- An Introduction to Practice / Nancy Topf -- The Anatomy of Center. First Voices -- The Pelvis Is a Bowl -- Psoas Work Begins -- Deeper into the Psoas -- Jaw -- Shoulder Girdle and Arms -- More about Spine and Ribs -- Feet and Hands -- Body Cycle -- Legs -- Spine -- Breathe -- The Idea of Cycles
Call number
  1. *MGRT 22-4254
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page [189]) and index.
Author
  1. Topf, Nancy, author.
Title
  1. A guide to a somatic movement practice : the anatomy of center / Nancy Topf, with Hetty King.
Publisher
  1. Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2022]
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (page [189]) and index.
Added author
  1. King, Hetty, author.
Other form:
  1. Online version: Topf, Nancy. Guide to a somatic movement practice 1. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2022 9780813070162 (DLC) 2021052505
LCCN
  1. 2021052504
ISBN
  1. 9780813068671 paperback
  2. 0813068673 paperback
Research call number
  1. *MGRT 22-4254
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