Wonderful Wednesday No Leftovers
Music is the heart and soul of dance. Yet dancers are often
so absorbed in working out all the technical details of the art form, the music
takes a back seat. Scary.
The only thing worse than an unmusical dancer is an
unmusical musician, so start listening – really
listening – to the music played in the classroom. I also advise my students
to listen to all genres of music on their own, because this helps develop musicality
plus an appreciation of all varieties of music. The more dancers listen, the
more details they hear and this is enormously helpful in their development as
artists .
During class, a dancer should create the illusion that their
body is creating the music (see previous blog: http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/2014/01/fun-friday-and-music-creation.html.
It is as though the dancer and the music become a single
entity, and there is no separation. When this fails to happen, there is “leftover”
music. This refers to unused, ignored, or unfulfilled musical sections and it
often happens at the very beginning of a dance combination, or at the end.
Fill out every moment of the music with movement and passion.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7ss:
“Use all the music – no leftovers.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Music
was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back
to loneliness.”
― Maya Angelou
― Maya Angelou
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