Last Spring 2020 Project: Plastique video
Dalcroze invented this form of movement study called Plastique Animee. Of the many concepts it helps explore, plastique is a platform for the practitioner to embody multiple levels of attention simultaneously.
In a group classroom setting, it is best to form a group of two or three people, so that for dense or complex music, you might demonstrate more layers of detail, and experience their interdependence. If you want to try this as distance learners, you are very welcome!
Please choose a song from one of these playlists and re-present it as movement (and include the sound). Note that your movement is not an emotive response to the piece, but rather a bodied re-presentation of the music. The more detail you can represent, the more awakened we become to the depth and clarity of your attention(s). You do *not* need to use the entire track, but you may.
Plastique Video List 1 - music with fluid and nuanced changes of time, space, and energy. Take care to show not just accurate impulses of sound, but the flow between them. You should conduct at some point in the video, but do not need to do so throughout.
Plastique Video List 2 - music with shifting metrical or harmonic framework to create groove. Take care to show the feeling of downbeats as bodied anchor points. You should conduct the meter at some point in the video, but do not need to do so throughout.
Plastique Video List 3 - maybe you have your own idea? Please email me your idea for approval before you begin working.
Dalcroze invented this form of movement study called Plastique Animee. Of the many concepts it helps explore, plastique is a platform for the practitioner to embody multiple levels of attention simultaneously.
In a group classroom setting, it is best to form a group of two or three people, so that for dense or complex music, you might demonstrate more layers of detail, and experience their interdependence. If you want to try this as distance learners, you are very welcome!
Please choose a song from one of these playlists and re-present it as movement (and include the sound). Note that your movement is not an emotive response to the piece, but rather a bodied re-presentation of the music. The more detail you can represent, the more awakened we become to the depth and clarity of your attention(s). You do *not* need to use the entire track, but you may.
Plastique Video List 1 - music with fluid and nuanced changes of time, space, and energy. Take care to show not just accurate impulses of sound, but the flow between them. You should conduct at some point in the video, but do not need to do so throughout.
Plastique Video List 2 - music with shifting metrical or harmonic framework to create groove. Take care to show the feeling of downbeats as bodied anchor points. You should conduct the meter at some point in the video, but do not need to do so throughout.
Plastique Video List 3 - maybe you have your own idea? Please email me your idea for approval before you begin working.
To leave a comment to suggest other playlists we might assemble, go back to here.