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Sometimes, to see the whole, we need to look at the parts. But suppose some of the parts are difficult to see? This is one of the things that makes Dalcroze education so notoriously hard to describe. In one sense, the curriculum for the Dalcroze classes I teach is very straightforward. The list contains things…<\/p>
read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li> Here\u2019s an idea for a book that I want someone else to write. The author would have a large breadth of cultural knowledge coupled with expertise in music and dance education, as well as somatic practice. He or she would be able to digest large amounts of information and have a keen mind for teasing…<\/p> read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li> A collection of video about music and movement. Margaret Beals has been performing as improvising dancer for many years. (She is actually a friend of Dawn’s.) Here she is with sitar player and jazz musician Colin Wolcott (who participated in the groups Oregon, The Paul Winter Consort and Codona to name a few). There is…<\/p> read more<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Articles I’ve written for the Dalcroze Society of America:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Rambles, musings, dead ends, live ends… Articles I’ve written for the Dalcroze Society of America:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":19167,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9ohMj-50S","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19214,"url":"https:\/\/joviala.com\/jovialaworks\/writing-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":19274,"position":0},"title":"Writing","author":"Michael Joviala","date":"November 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Essays, reflections, tangents, flights of fancy, dead ends, live ends... 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