Michael Joviala

Writing

Essays, reflections, tangents, flights of fancy, dead ends, live ends…

Essays

  • Surviving Genius: an Imaginary Book Review

    Here’s 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…

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  • Watching Music, Hearing Movement

    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…

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Blog: Musical Subjects

Freedom and Control
When I work with Dalcroze teachers-in-training, the most frequent question I ask them is, “What …
First Instrument
I am always pleased when the old standards come out in my early childhood child/adult …
Locomotors at Windhover
My improvisational music and dance group, Locomotors, is performing at the Windhover Center for Performing …
Invisible Subjects
Sometimes, to see the whole, we need to look at the parts. But suppose some …
Surviving Genius: an Imaginary Book Review
Here’s an idea for a book that I want someone else to write. The author …

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