AnIntroductiontoDalcrozeEurhythmics:DevelopingArtistrythroughRhythmandMovement.

DalcrozeEurhythmicsisaunique,exciting,andpowerfuleducationinandthroughmusicforindividualsofallagesandlevels.Rhythmicmovement,intenselistening,andimprovisationunlockcreativity,nurtureimagination,andopenthedoorstoenrichedandenlivenedmusicmaking.Eurhythmics(literally,goodrhythm)placesexperientialknowledgeatthefore.Musicalconceptsareexploredthroughsocialandinteractivemethodsthatinvitethestudentstotrusttheirideasanddeveloptheirownintuitions.Dalcrozestudyhasthreebranches:1. Eurhythmicstrainsthebodyinrhythm,dynamics,articulation,phrasing,and

form;2. Solfègetrainstheear,eye,andvoiceinpitch,melody,andharmony;3. Improvisationbringsallelementstogetheraccordingtothestudent'sown

invention--inmovement,withthevoice,orataninstrument

EmileJaques-Dalcroze,aSwisspianist,composer,andeducator,createdhismethodofteachingadvancedconservatorystudentsusing“rhythmicgymnastics”earlyintheTwentiethcentury.Later,hedevelopedtheseprinciplesforchildrenandyoungadults.InatypicalDalcrozeclass,theinstructorwillcombinetheelementsaboveusingrhythmgames,songs,gesture,andmovementasthekeyteachingmediasothatthejoyofmusicisexperiencedandunderstood.Asaprecursortoorintandemwithprivatemusiclessons,DalcrozeEurhythmicswillcreateaplatformforacceleratedanddeeplearninginallmusicians.FormoreinformationaboutDalcrozeEurhythmics,pleasecontactJeremyDittusdirectly:Dr.JeremyDittus;DiplômeSupérieur1436ElizabethSt.Denver,CO80206614-395-4722

www.dalcrozeschooloftherockies.comjeremydittus@gmail.comwww.dalcrozeusa.org

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