Dalcroze Eurhythmics - Experiencing music through movement
Based on the artistic and pedagogical principles of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, the Dalcroze approach teaches an understanding of music’s fundamental concepts, expressive meanings, and deep connections to other arts and activities. Performers, teachers, dancers, actors, and senior citizens can all benefit from this approach which incorporates rhythmic movement, aural training and improvisation. www.dalcrozeusa.org
In these sessions, participants will experience aspects of Dalcroze in a joyful, relevant series of games and collaborations. Eurhythmics (meaning “good rhythm”) engages the whole body in an exploration of how movement and sound interact in time-space-energy. Solfège is the study of melody and pitch relationship in a rhythmic context. Improvisation is the spontaneous use of various elements to express new material while enhancing flexibility and engaging the attention.
Bio:
With over 35 years of experience as a teacher of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and a life long performer of chamber music, Terry Boyarsky specializes in integrating music and movement into the curriculum. In her unique, multifaceted approach, Terry evokes deep listening and playful experimentation. Students work together to understand the components of rhythm and sound, to develop attention,improve coordination,and challenge the mind.
In 1998, Terry earned a M.A. in Ethnomusicology from Kent State University and has been listed in “Who’s Who”since 2000. Two of her recent articles are “A Round is a Circle (a practical meditation on the learning resonance of circles, rounds and music)”published in Teaching Artist Journal,and “Dalcroze Eurhythmics and the Quick Reaction Exercises” published in the Orff Echo.
Terry is a frequent presenter at national conferences and is a teaching artist with the Kennedy Center’s Ohio State-Based Collaborative Initiative. She sings in the Cleveland Orchestra Blossom Festival Chorus, Choral Arts Society and is on the rosters of Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio and the Ohio Arts Council. She currently performs throughout North America as Russian Duo with Siberian balalaika virtuoso Oleg Kruglyakov.