Oliver (dance, Providence College, Rhode Island) offers other dance teachings some guidance and tools for helping their students learn to write about dance. Writing helps people think critically, she says, but dance classes are structured such that little or no time is usually available for writing or learning to write. She looks at writing, dancing, and critical thinking; the writing process; informal writing exercises; dance critiques; dance essays; and dance research papers. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)