On choreography Choreography is a negotiation with the patterns your body is thinking On rules Try breaking the rules on a need to break the rules basis A Choreographer's Handbook invites the reader to investigate how & why to make a dance performance In an inspiring & unusually empowering sequence of stories ideas & paradoxes internationally renowned dancer choreographer & teacher Jonathan Burrows explains how it's possible to navigate a course through this complex process It is a stunning reflection on a personal practice & professional journey & draws upon five years' of workshop discussions led by Burrows Burrows' open & honest prose gives the reader access to a range of exercises meditations principles & ideas on choreography that allow artists & dance-makers to find their own aesthetic process It is a book for anyone interested in making performance at whatever level & in whichever style