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Music for Dance, Paul Pavey

Music for Contemporary and Modern Dance Class Volume 3 February 18, 2012

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Prix de Lausanne 2012 Day 2 – contemporary class February 2, 2012

Three days have passed accompanying this 2012 Prix de Lausanne. Its been an absolute pleasure working together with Todd Williams who is a wonderful teacher.

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Warm-Up Exercise, Prix de Lausanne 2012 January 31, 2012

So it was day 1 for Contemporary Classes at the Prix de Lausanne and my first classes with a great teacher and choreographer Todd Williams. Here follows a short clip of me playing for a ‘warm-up’ exercise into some ‘drop-swings’. I,m sorry not to add any dancers but its a copyright thing……I,m sure you understand. [...]

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Contemporary Classes at the Prix de Lausanne January 22, 2012

Next week I am going to be accompanying the Contemporary Classes at the Prix de Lausanne which I have done this last fifteen years (with one or two exceptions). It is one of the worlds foremost ballet competitions, here`s a link to it www.prixdelausanne In recent years they usually film many aspects of the contest [...]

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Where it all started………….. January 15, 2012

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music for a dance improvisation class part 2 November 21, 2011

` Visual and Aural Counterpoint `. In Part 1, the previous blog, I covered my approach to commencing a dance improvisation class. This is the continuation where I will attempt to write about the use of counterpoint between what you see and what you hear. Whereas in a technique class, the musical accompaniment supports and [...]

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music for a dance improvisation class part 1 November 14, 2011

There may be an exercise during a dance class or indeed an entire class dedicated to movement improvisation. Here are some ways that I approach music for this environment. Possibly, whoever is leading the improvisation may give a specific musical direction for the music. Quite often, the dancers are given a brief form of direction [...]

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to accompany the `warm down` of a modern/ contemporary dance class November 9, 2011

There may not be so much to play for the warm down of a dance class. If it is the first class working together with a teacher then look for signs of how much or rather how little music there needs to be. I would usually play this part of a class as calm as [...]

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music for a modern / contemporary dance class – accompanying jumps and travelling exercises November 1, 2011

Given the underlying beat, phrasing and atmosphere have now been covered in previous blogs, the important aspect to grasp playing for jumps and travel exercises is Impulse. While a clear downbeat needs to be played, very often it`s the upbeats that are the impulse for jumps. Syncopated upbeats work well though not played in a [...]

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accompanying center exercises for a modern / contemporary dance class October 25, 2011

`Support` is a key word as far as musical accompaniment goes, especially for the center exercises of a dance class. Here the dancer is building strength while working at both core stability and flexibility requiring secure musical accompaniment. Given that the correct meter and underlying rhythm for the exercise is known (guidelines found in the [...]

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