Posts Tagged ‘music’
adventures with melody
Hello friends! Today I would love for us to focus on listening to and dancing with the music. A few weeks ago, we focused on listening to and dancing with the rhythms of the music. Today, let’s focus instead on dancing with the melodies of the music.
We’ll be dancing and listening for a melody – a series of musical notes that, together, create a sort of phrase or sequence. Sometimes the melody will be created by a voice. Other times, the melody will be created by another instrument such as a flute, bass guitar, didgeridoo, etc. Once we hear it, we will see what we can do to bring the melody into our body… to dance the melody… to connect to the melody as a sensation.
let the rhythms move you
Today, my friends, it is all about dancing with rhythms…
According to wikipedia, Rhythm is “the variation of the length and accentuation of a series of sounds or other events.” A common rhythm instrument is the snare drum, often producing a main “heartbeat” for class. However, along with the main heartbeat, there are many other instruments providing rhythms within rhythms. One thing I soooooo love about Nia is that we get to use alllllllll kinds of music, at all kinds of speeds, with all kinds of rhythms… each providing us little details and special nuances to dance with! read more
the art of waiting
With the excitement that comes with Spring, it is likely that you’ve been on the go go go. I know I have been. I began to write, write, write… create, create, create…. do do do…. be busy busy busy… add more more more. And then… BAM! Today I hit the wall. It was too much. Too much stimulation. Too much to doing. Too amped up all the time. Not enough rest… read more
