Reprint. Originally published: New York : Rinehart, 1959.
One: An introduction to choreography: The sleeping beauty -- Choreographers are special people -- Sources of subject matter -- what to dance about? -- The theme. Two: The craft: The ingredients and the tools -- Design, part 1: symmetry and asymmetry -- part 2: For one and more bodies -- part 3: The phrase -- part 4: the stage space -- part 5: small groups -- Dynamics -- Rhythm -- Motivation and gesture -- Words -- Music -- Sets and props -- Form. Three: A summing up: Check list -- conclusion