Teaching creative dexterity to dancers: Critical reflections on conservatory dance education in the UK, Denmark and New Zealand

Research in Dance Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Rowe, Nicholas ^a   Zeitner Smith, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choreography; Collaboration; Conservatory pedagogy; Contemporary dance; Creative dexterity; Dance graduates; Education; Institutional strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953147499     PISSN: 14647893     EISSN: 14701111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647893.2011.556716     Document Type: Article

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