Foundations of Barbara Mettler's Approach to Dance: Principles and Teaching Guidelines by Mary Ann Brehm

Foundations of Barbara Mettler’s Approach to Dance: Principles and Teaching Guidelines

by Mary Ann Brehm

2021

Foundations of Barbara Mettler’s Approach to Dance presents an overview Mettler’s work in bringing dance as creative art to anyone. The text uses Mettler’s own words and the author’s commentary to clarify Mettler’s principles, describe guidelines for teaching, and offer many of Mettler’s themes for study. It is a valuable resource for people wishing to guide themselves and others into rich individual and group dance experiences based on Mettler’s approach. Paperback. 112 pages with photographs.Kindle version is available at amazon.com.

Mary Ann Brehm, PhD has taught Mettler-based dance to students of all ages since 1978. She was a teaching assistant, dance company member, and student of Barbara Mettler’s over a span of twenty years.The material for this book draws upon her transcriptions of Mettler’s 1978 teaching as documented in Barbara Mettler Teaching Dance , Mettler’s own writings, and her experiences working with Barbara Mettler. Mary Ann co-teaches Mettler Studios’ Dance Teacher Training and presents Mettler-based workshops widely. She is the co-author of Creative Dance and Learning: Making the Kinesthetic Link , published by Princeton Books. Her PhD in Dance is from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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