{"id":5056,"date":"2013-05-13T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joyofmotion.org\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2020-02-28T09:35:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T14:35:28","slug":"dalcroze-eurhythmics-for-dance-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joyofmotion.org\/dalcroze-eurhythmics-for-dance-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Dance Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Monica Dale teaches a <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dalcrozeworkshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Dance Workshop<\/a> this Saturday, May 18, 3:00 &#8211; 5:00 p.m. at Joy of Motion Dance Center Friendship Heights. Learn more about Dalcroze, discover what happens during the workshop and find out what&#8217;s in it for you! <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dalcrozeworkshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sign up by Friday, May 17 and save $5<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>What you\u2019ll get:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tips and ideas for teaching<\/li>\n<li>New ways to think about movement<\/li>\n<li>Inspiration for choreography<\/li>\n<li>Clarity about beat, rhythm, and meter<\/li>\n<li>Exercises you can practice<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to pieces of music to use<\/li>\n<li>Handout including music, resources, and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What it is: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>As a young professor at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in Switzerland, Emile Jaques-Dalcroze shocked music academia by having his students perform exercises in movement &#8212; without shoes or corsets! &#8212; to develop musicianship. His method soon attracted actors, playwrights, conductors, designers, and of course, dancers.<\/p>\n<p>Jaques-Dalcroze\u2019s work was at the very root of modern dance. Mary Wigman, Hanya Holm and Doris Humphrey were credentialed in the method, impacting modern dance\u2019s development in Germany and America. Denishawn included Eurhythmics in their schools; Kurt Jooss, Rudolph von Laban, Marie Rambert, Eleanor King and many other dancers studied Eurhythmics.<\/p>\n<p>Although they used their experience in their craft, these dancers weren\u2019t able to train others as Eurhythmics teachers. So while their work carried various ideas and principles to future generations (Graham, Limon, etc.), the method itself faded from dance education.<\/p>\n<p>Today, teachers of the Dalcroze approach are scarce. There are only a few training centers in America, and the music skills required for Dalcroze credentials are difficult to master. Very few who earn the credentials are also dancers. (In fact, the Dalcroze method itself needs musical movement teachers who\u2019ve studied Eurhythmics \u2013 but that\u2019s another story!)<\/p>\n<p>The biggest challenge: it can only be understood by experiencing it. Venerable dance musician and Eurhythmician John Colman once said, \u201cDescribing Eurhythmics to dancers is like trying to describe the color blue to someone who\u2019s never seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>What happens in the workshop:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Individual, partner, and group exercises<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGames\u201d in movement and improvisation<\/li>\n<li>Listening, and moving according to what you hear<\/li>\n<li>Exercises in quick reactions<\/li>\n<li>Coordination exercises<\/li>\n<li>Music such as Bach, Mompou, Copland, Beethoven, Bartok, and world music<\/li>\n<li>Applications for teaching all ages, if participants would like; Q\/A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What music\/movement concepts we\u2019ll explore:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Beat:<\/b> simple exercises in internalizing a steady beat are harder than they seem.<\/li>\n<li><b>Division and multiple<\/b>: dividing the beat (twice as fast) and multiplying it (twice as slow) can affect movement\u2019s speed OR space.<\/li>\n<li><b>Polyrhythm:<\/b> dissociation exercises coordinate beat, division and multiple simultaneously (helping to combine slow ports-de-bras with quick leg movements, for example).<\/li>\n<li><b>Duration and Phrase:<\/b> Sustained durations combine multiple skills, helping dancers perceive and remember lengthy phrases.<\/li>\n<li><b>Meter<\/b>: Dalcroze\u2019s arm exercises bring clarity to \u201ccounting.\u201d We\u2019ll discover the energy of lifting the \u201cdownbeat\u201d and how it affects dance vocabulary, and explore changing meter as an element of composition.<\/li>\n<li><b>Rhythmic Patterns:<\/b> We\u2019ll identify two Greek rhythmic modes, combine them into rhythmic phrases, notate them spatially, and discover their occurrence in basic dance steps.<\/li>\n<li><b>Form and Choreography:<\/b> A piece of music incorporating these concepts forms the basis for the group to create simple choreography.<\/li>\n<li><b>More examples:<\/b> Going beyond the specific concepts in the workshop, you\u2019ll hear a few pieces that may call to mind images, characters, or even narrative \u201cstories\u201d you can use in teaching or choreography.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>What\u2019s in it for you:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Dancers,<\/b> from beginners through professionals, will find a new perspective on the music in movement.<\/li>\n<li><b>Musicians,<\/b> amateur and professional, will discover the embodiment of musical principles in movement.<\/li>\n<li><b>Teachers of music and dance<\/b> will be inspired with new ideas they can implement right away.<\/li>\n<li><b>Anyone <\/b>interested in the method of Jaques-Dalcroze will get a comprehensive introduction.<\/li>\n<li><b>Everyone <\/b>will enjoy it!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monica Dale teaches a Dalcroze Eurhythmics for Dance Workshop this Saturday, May 18, 3:00 &#8211; 5:00 p.m. at Joy of Motion Dance Center Friendship Heights. 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