1. Peter O’Neill, Allison Paetz, Jennifer Seiler, Maritza Spieller
Dalcroze Eurythmics
Peter O’Neill, Allison Paetz, Jennifer Seiler, Maritza Spieller

2. “hip” Quick Reaction Stepping Exercise “hop”
Activity Time!
Quick Reaction Stepping Exercise
“hop”
Allison

3. General Guidelines for Movement
Move freely through space
Walk lightly and buoyantly
Move in different directions from your neighbor and explore the full space of the room
Move with musicality/musical intent
Strive for precision
Show duration - practice continuing your motion through the duration of the note
Faster tempos require smaller movements; slower tempos allow for bigger movements
Release inhibitions
Allison

4. When the mind of an adult is engaged in the solution of a complicated problem, his body becomes an inert mass, quite distant from his mind. To enable to body to share in the brain activity, the latter must not be permitted to absorb all the forces of life. - Jaques-Dalcroze, 1930
Allison
Full body participation in music

5. (Carnegie Mellon University)
What is
Dalcroze?
“A process for awakening, developing and
refining innate musicality through rhythmic
movement, ear-training and improvisation.”
(Carnegie Mellon University)

6. Three Components of the Dalcroze Approach
Improvisation
Develops an understanding of form and meaning through spontaneous musical creation using voice and instruments
Eurhythmics
Teaches concepts of rhythm, structure, and musical expression through movement
Solfege
Develops an understanding of pitch, scale, and tonality through activities emphasizing aural comprehension and vocal improvisation

7. Who was Dalcroze? Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865-1950) Swiss
Studied at Geneva Conservatory, Comédie Française, Paris Conservatory
Studied with Anton Bruckner, Leo Delibes, and Matthis Lussy
Conducted and chorus master in Algiers, North Africa
Became professor at Geneva Conservatory
Harmony and Solfege
Saw ways that made music more accessible to his students
Eventually opened a school near Dresden
Maritza

8. Dalcroze Methodology Experience Before Analysis Spiral of Learning
Listening -> moving -> feeling -> sensing -> analyzing
-> reading -> writing -> improvising -> performance
Sense Before Conceptualization
Internalization and Automatisms -
experience same concept repeatedly but energized through variation

9. Dalcroze Methodology Improvisation - Cultivating one’s “voice”
Through personal spontaneous engagement with music through movement
Physiological Evidence
Reflective Stillness
Rules of Expression
Rules of Nuance
Rules of Phrasing
Rules of Accentuation

10. References & Resources
Carnegie Mellon School of Music . (2017). What is Dalcroze Eurhythmics? Retrieved from
Dalcroze Society of America. (2017). Retrieved July 15, 2017, from
Spector, Irwin. Rhythm and life: the work of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, Print.
Urista, D. (2016). The Moving Body in the Aural Skills Classroom: A Eurythmics Based Approach.
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