MEET-UP ARCHIVES
VDM MEET-UP ARCHIVES
Links to the archived Virtual Dalcroze MEET-UPS are listed below. No registration necessary.
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Meet-up #70 April 8/9, 2024 |
At this Meet-Up: Joy Meyer (South Africa) shared her PhD research, "Moving towards social cohesion through a Dalcroze-inspired approach" and Linda Emmanuel (USA) shared ideas for teaching with Dalcroze techniques in a small space (group piano). Greg Ristow (USA) also invited us to the Dalcroze Society of America upcoming conference! This meet-up ended up talking about teaching in small spaces and the various kinds of touch in a eurhythmics setting. We discussed the challenges and benefits of including personal contact in our various classes. Such an intersting discussion! |
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Meet-up #69 March 19/20, 2024 |
At this Meet-Up: Nomali Campbell (Jamaica) and KuanTing Chang (USA) both shared |
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Meet-up #68 February 27/28, 2024 |
Lessons from Our Teachers: Marta Sanchez Leslie Upchurch (USA) |
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Meet-up #67 February 12/13, 2024 |
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Meet-up #66 January 23/24, 2024 |
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Meet-up #65 January 8/9, 2024 |
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Meet-up #64 November 13/14, 2023 |
At this Meet-Up, Feldenkrais and Dalcroze! |
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Meet-up #63 October 30/31, 2023 |
We gave this whole Meet-Up to Nomali Campbell (Jamaica), who shared Jamaican Ancestral Rhythms and Songs (Rastafari and Kumina), Movement for the Classroom, and a B-A-G recorder folk song from Jamaica. |
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Meet-up #62 October 16/17, 2023 |
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Meet-up #61 October 2/3, 2023 |
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Meet-up #60 September 18/19, 2023 |
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Meet-up #59 September 5/16, 2023 |
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Meet-up #58 June 13/14, 2023
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LESSONS FROM OUR TEACHERS: Robert Abramson, USA We honored the lessons and legacy of Dr. Robert Abramson, a great from the New York Dalcroze community. Students of Dr. Bob shared memories, lessons, and activities from the master teacher. Presenters included: |
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Meet-up #57 April 17/18, 2023 |
LESSONS FROM OUR TEACHERS: Louisa di Segni, ITALY We honored the lessons and legacy of Louisa di Segni, an extremely important and beloved Italian Dalcroze teacher. Louisa's students would like to share stories, activities, memories, and lessons learned from this inspiring, legendary woman. Presenters included: |
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Meet-up #56 March 27/28, 2023 |
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Meet-up #55 March 13/14, 2023 |
We celebrated 3 Years of the VDM this week! At this meet-up:
Danica Schofer, USA, shared “Embodied Conversations: Exploring Translations across Music/Dance Collaborations” and Lara Liu, Taiwan/France, shared an exercise “Using Resistance”
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Meet-up #54 February 27/28, 2023
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Meet-up #53 February 6/7, 2023 |
LESSONS FROM OUR TEACHERS: Anne Farber In the first meet-up of this series, we talk about the amaazing teaching and legacy of Anne Farber, Master teacher from the NYC and Boston communities. We gathered together some of Anne's students, who shared stories and activities. |
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Meet-up #52 January 23/34, 2023 |
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Meet-up #51 November 21/22, 2022 |
Where Rebecca Hample, USA, shared some ideas and some exercises for “Applying Dalcroze Ideas in My Voice Lesson Studio” |
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Meet-up #50 November 8/9, 2022 |
Where NaNa Nguyen, Vietnam, shared "Move Your Body!" |
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Meet-up #49 October 24/25, 2022 |
Where Leslie Upchurch, USA, shared, “saying yes to things you doubt in class” |
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Meet-up #48 October 11/12, 2022 |
Where Lara Liu, Taiwan/France shared “Movement Intelligence, between Alexander Technique & Feldenkrais Method - a basic alignment exercise” |
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Meet-up #47 September 26/27, 2022 |
Where Weronika Balewski, USA, shared “My students’ skills after 1 year”. We discussed the difference even 1 year makes in our students and how we work differently with new classes vs returning classes. |
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Meet-up #46 September 13/14, 2022 |
Where Cynthia Lilley shared “At the beginning of a new year”, strategies for new classes. |
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Meet-up #45 August 15/16, 2022 |
Where we met with two amazing educators teaching language lessons to children through Dalcroze methods: |
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Meet-up #44 July 19/20, 2022 |
Where Lara Liu, Taiwan/France, shared a piano approach based on her experiences and learning with Marie Jaëll Method, Vincenzo Scaramuzza 's approach, Feldenkrais Method, Movement Intelligence and of course, from Dalcroze too. The conversation after centered on 'the body as the first instrumnet' and the application of gross body movement experience to fine motor attention. |
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Meet-up #43 June 15/16, 2022 |
Focus on movement! Loretta and Jill each lead a 5-min movement activity. We then discussed our experiences and brainstormed applications. Jill Gleim, USA: Brain Gym Warm-Up |
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Meet-up #42 April 11/12, 2022 |
Where Selma Odom & Cheng-Feng Lin, Canada, presented on Dalcroze’s Breathing Exercises |
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Meet-up #41 March 28/29, 2022 |
Where: Nguyen Ngan, NaNa, Vietnam, shared "Are we home yet?” Mayita Brown, Mexico, shared "Scales with Encanto” Sora Lee, USA, shared “Piano and forte activities for young children” |
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Meet-up #40 March 14, 2022 |
How do we define MUSICIANSHIP?! In this hour Stephen Neely leads a discussion comparing literacy, technique, and musicianship, and then discusses a list of musicianship concepts and challenges everyone with a "simple" musicianship exercise. So good! |
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Meet-up #39 February 28/March 1, 2022 |
Professional Performer Training and the Dalcroze Studio – Part 2 Throughout the hour we continued our conversation about the relevance of the Dalcroze methods in professional performer training schools. Dear friends from Cleveland Institute of Music, Oberlin, Longy, and Carnegie Mellon University shared experiences, activities, and opinions about the need and the benefits of the work for performers. Such a good discussion! |
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Meet-up #38 February 7/8, 2022 |
Professional Performer Training and the Dalcroze Studio Today we talked about the role of studying through Dalcroze methodologies and the implications for performers and conductors. Recognizing the work as originating in the conservatory environment, we discussed the implications for musicians on the live stage. Thanks to friends and students from CIM and CMU for joining in on the conversation! |
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Meet-up #37 January 24/25, 2022 |
Super Breakout Edition where we discussed: • What are some successful classroom routines you can share?
• How can we address students' social needs in this phase of the pandemic?
• What tools do we bring as Dalcrozians to these two topics?
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Meet-up #36 October 22/23, 2021 |
Where: • Jenny Lang, Mexico/USA, shared "Memorization and Expressivity: The power of dramatic play and storytelling"
• Terry Boyarsky, USA, introduced us to Russian Chastuski, Pandemic Style • David Buley, Canada, talked about “Moving on the Edge” |
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Meet-up #35 October 12/13, 2021 |
Where: • Cheng-Feng Lin, Canada presented “Breath taking”, a summary of his presentation on Dalcroze strategies for teaching with the breath from the ICDS 2021 conference.
• Dawn Pratson, USA, shared an update on the DSA monthly series “Undoing Racism in music education"
• Patrick Cerria, USA, spoke about using Dalcroze methods for special needs and at risk students
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Meet-up #34 October 12/13, 2021 |
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Meet-up #33 October 12/13, 2021 |
Iga Eckert, Poland: "Musical elements and shapes of hearing' - Developing creativity as an escape from the isolation of distance learning online during a pandemic." Mayita Brown, Mexico: “Connections Between Dalcroze and Psychology” Terry Boyarsky, USA: "Teaching in a High School Setting for Refugees" Barbara Dutkiewicz, Poland: Announcement of two European projects: "Resilience in Resonance" and "Eurhythmics in Education & Artistic Practice (EEAP)" - International Project ERASMUS+ |
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Meet-up #32 September 28/29, 2021 |
Where the AMAZING Joan Pope (Australia) shared insights about lesson planning and creativity. This was one for the books. Truly wonderful and inspiring. #legend |
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Meet-up #31 September 13/14, 2021 |
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Meet-up #30 July 20/21, 2021 |
Theme: Dalcroze + Puppies (Working through a pandemic, and after) We created a few breakout rooms to discuss the following questions, then reconvened to share our insights. What are the opportunities and restrictions in the teaching you have coming up in August, September, and beyond?What kinds of needs might our students have? How can we adjust our activities to serve that? How do we respond to students who come for in-person learning for the first time in over a year? |
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Meet-up #29 June 29/30, 2021 |
Where we discussed extra-musical benefits/applications for Dalcroze attentions: |
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Meet-up #28 June 8/9, 2021 |
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Meet-up #27 April 19, 2021
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Meet-up #26 April 6, 2021 |
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Meet-up #25 March 21/22, 2021
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SUPER BREAK-OUT ROOOM EDITION Where we discussed the coming year(s) and implications and possibilities for virtual teaching platforms. |
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Meet-up #24 March 9/10, 2021 |
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Meet-up #23 February 22/23, 2021 |
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Meet-up #22 February 9/10, 2021 |
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Meet-up #21 January 25/26, 2021 |
SO many great ideas this week! Dawn Pratson shared some ideas inspiring her current teaching and she played a short video of hand choreography for an Arvo Part composition.
Adrianna Ausch led us through a short exercise using Jaques-Dalcroze “20 gestures”.
Chase Upchurch led us through two original compositions from his children’s classes.
Manuel Zazueta shared ideas keeping him afloat in his student and teacher training programs. https://dalcrozemx.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/CielitoArte
For more information about Jaques-Dalcroze's "20 gestures" see this article by our colleague Selma Odom.
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Meet-up #20 January 12/13, 2021 |
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Meet-up #19 December 8/9, 2020 |
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Meet-up #18 November 20/21, 2020 |
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Meet-up #17 November 10/11, 2020 |
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Meet-up #16 October 26/27, 2020 |
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Meet-up #15 October 14/15, 2020 |
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Meet-up #14 September 21/22, 2020 chat transcript LINK
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Meet-up #13 September 8/9, 2020 |
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Meet-up #12 August 5/6, 2020 |
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Meet-up #11 July 21/22, 2020 |
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Meet-up #10 July 7/8, 2020 |
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Meet-up #9 June 15/16, 2020 |
Where we separated into Super Breakout Rooms to discuss different age groups: note: there are no recordings of the Breakout Rooms or the Large-group closing |
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Meet-up #8 June 1/2, 2020 |
Presentations by: –Katherine Smith –Adriana Ausch –Leslie Upchurch |
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Meet-up #7 May 18/19, 2020 |
Where: –Dawn Pratson shared about her experiences teaching online dance classes and lead us in a movement warmup. –Loretta Fois lead us in a short ribbon exercise and sharing how she developed this project with her students. –Elena Araoz talked about engaging the whole body in Zoom setting and conveying beauty and story with mediocre audio/video quality. |
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Meet-up #6 May 4/5, 2020 |
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–Charlotte Leng shared graphic scores for children's classes - examples of how 6 & 7 year olds represented sound through symbols. –Sandra Nash talked about the life of Heather Gell, based on information presented in her thesis. She provided insight about Heather Gell as a person and the historical context of Heather's work.
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Meet-up #5 April 21/22, 2020 |
Where we enjoyed 3 teaching demos and a presentation from guest theater directors from Princeton. Demo 1: Patrick Cerra - A lesson involving non-verbal students. Tactile based props (straws & wooden dowels) with pitches/singing & relate their length to note duration so the kids can use touch as well. Demo 2: Marlene Maitland - connecting aural experiences in conjunction with developing fine motor skills and directionality Demo 3: Ava Loiacono-Husain - simple improv exercise, developed into solfege rhythmic exercise for young adults Weronika introduced “Mad Forest” with video clips of the Zoom theater production from Princeton. Interview with guest directors Ashley Tata and Dan Safer 1. How did you engage your audience via the Zoom stage? What did you have to do differently than in live theater where the audience is in the room with you? What makes for effective storytelling in live video productions? 2. How did you inspire, motivate, coach actors on the Zoom stage? What did you have to do differently to support them in effectively communicating with the audience? 3. How did you transition the work you had already done with the actors preparing for the show? Did new possibilities emerge or was the experience one of constraint and fewer possibilities? I'm especially curious about pacing of conversation, accommodating lag in Zoom, conveying emotional content and character in Zoom. 4. Same question but specifically focusing on movement, which is a foundation of Dalcroze education: How did you transition the choreography you had already developed or begun developing? How did you develop new material for the Zoom format? Did new possibilities emerge or was the experience one of constraint and fewer possibilities? 5. Can you speak about movement that is interesting, effective, impactful in the Zoom format? How do you make choices about movement? What new considerations are there in using expressive movement via Zoom? |
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Meet-up #4 April 6/7, 2020 |
Where we asked three teachers to teach us over Zoom to allow the participants to experience being in a eurhythmics class online. –Stephen Neely –Jeremy Dittus –Emma Shubin Emma's lesson plan Then we talked about Zoom Security issues around user data, webcam control, uninvited guests Guardian Article NY Times Article April 2 about LinkedIn NY Times Article March 30 about general security Zoom Blog Response David Buley, if he wants to share (1 min, W) Choreography of public movement, during social distancing Stephen Neely shared a short discussion around Zoom Fatigue |
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Meet-up #3 March 30/31, 2020 |
Where we discussed using live video streaming (synchronous) strategies for group music teaching, what kinds of activities you can do, how to disseminate, how to assess and get feedback. Live video strategies –Jeremy Dittus –Emma Shubin –Stephen Neely –Manuel Zazueta |
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Meet-up #2 March 24/25, 2020 |
Where we discussed using prerecorded video streaming (asynchronous) strategies for group music teaching, what kinds of activities you can do, how to disseminate, how to assess and get feedback. Prerecorded video strategies |
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Meet-up #1 March 17/18, 2020 |
Where we discussed teaching group eurhythmics classes in an online setting! –Anthony Molinaro (5 min) - video for families (see link in resources) –Emma Shubin (5 min) - the opportunities of online teaching: student engagement, focus, strategies for young students –Jeremy Dittus (5 min) - Skype vs Zoom, other tips –Manuel Zazueta (5 min) - pre recorded videos in conjunction with live video conferencing as a way to teach new content long-term, 6-part plan for pre recorded videos –Amanda Wilson (1 min) Music Mode for Zoom Discussion (25 min) –Test Zoom breakout rooms (5 min) –Test Skype group call (5 min) - Jeremy Dittus will provide a link and we will all test that platform, say goodbye there |