Subject: Re: program notes
From: Alastair Bannerman (alastairjohn@gongmelt.com)
Date: Wed Mar 20 2002 - 18:10:17 EST
--- iriXx <irixx@irixx.org> wrote:
> on a slight tangent here...
> if anyone has worked with dancers, have you noticed
> they have a
> completely different sense of counting and phrasing
> to musicians?
> its interesting... i learnt contemporary dance at
> one stage, partly to
> understand this... to get a different perspective on
> timing, rhythm and
> phrasing....
>
> -i
>
As a musician who is trying to work with dancers I
find it intensely frustrating - most of them don't
understand how to relate to music then blame it on the
accompanist! Also, they won't work with anything
without a pulse, so that leaves a lot of EA out....
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