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SUMMARY:Spring Into Dalcroze 2026!
DESCRIPTION:Dalcroze UK International Spring Course 2026\nSpring Into Dalcroze!\nExperience the Transformative Power of Dalcroze Eurhythmics\nJoin us for Spring into Dalcroze 2026\, an inspiring five-day International Spring Course that brings together musicians\, educators\, students\, and movement specialists from around the world. Whether you’re discovering Dalcroze Eurhythmics for the first time or deepening your existing practice\, this is your chance to experience the method in a joyful\, collaborative setting. \nHeld at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire\, you’ll enjoy excellent facilities in the heart of the student quarter of Birmingham City University\, working closely with an outstanding faculty of national and international Dalcroze teachers. \nIs this course for you? \nThis course is a perfect fit if you: \n\nAre curious about Dalcroze and want to deepen your musical understanding through movement\, performance\, teaching\, and creative exploration\nHave joined a Taster Day\, Zoom Café\, or introductory experience and want to take the next step\nHave studied or practised Dalcroze before and would like to reconnect\nAre an experienced Dalcroze practitioner seeking to refresh your knowledge\, be inspired\, and expand your practice through expert international teaching\n\nWe offer classes for complete beginners\, students\, and experienced practitioners\, ensuring that everyone can learn at their own level and pace. \nWhat makes Dalcroze Eurhythmics unique? \nDalcroze Eurhythmics is the only music education method that begins with the relationship between sound and movement. It is music in motion\, where the body becomes the primary instrument. \nThrough group lessons and whole-body learning\, Dalcroze develops: \n\nMusical expression and interpretation\nSensory awareness and coordination\nCreativity and imagination\nListening\, responsiveness\, and ensemble skills\nConfidence and effective communication\n\nToday\, Dalcroze is widely used across the UK and ROI in music education\, performance\, theatre\, dance\, therapy\, and wellbeing\, reflecting its far-reaching and inclusive nature. \nWhat Happens at the Spring Course? \nThe 2026 course begins on Sunday\, 29 March\, with registration from 4:00 pm\, followed by a welcome session and drinks reception to meet fellow participants and the teaching team. \nFrom Monday 30 March to Thursday 2 April\, daily sessions run from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm\, and include: \n\nMovement warm-up\nDalcroze Rhythmics\nAural Training (Solfa/Solfège)\nImprovisation\nCreative Movement\n\nThroughout the week\, you’ll also enjoy special workshops led by guest Dalcroze practitioners and by invited specialists from related approaches\, such as Orff\, Kodály\, and Suzuki. \nThe details of the workshops are available to view here. \n  \n\nMeet The Teachers!\nConfirmed teachers for the course include Kaye Barker\, Sui Ming Chu\, Rachel Chambers\, Heather Clemson\, Andrew Davidson\, Karin Greenhead\, Ruth Jones\, Nadja Kraft & Jacqueline Vann. \nClick here to find out more about them. \n\nWant a glimpse of the experience?\nWatch this video to see what happens at Spring Into Dalcroze! \nhttps://dalcroze.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Spring-Into-Dalcroze-Spring-Course-2025.mp4\n  \nSpaces are limited. Come and share the experience\, feel the rhythm\, and music! \nJoin us and experience the world-renowned Dalcroze Eurhythmics method – a joyful\, life-affirming way to reconnect mind\, body\, and spirit through music! \nBook your Spring 2026 place below!
URL:https://dalcroze.org.uk/event/spring-into-dalcroze-2026/
LOCATION:Royal Birmingham Conservatoire\, 200 Jennens Road\, Birmingham\, West Midlands\, B4 7XR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Spring Course
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SUMMARY:Spring Into Dalcroze 2025!
DESCRIPTION:Dalcroze UK International Spring Course\nDalcroze UK International Spring Course 2025 – an unmissable opportunity to find out all you need to know about Dalcroze Eurhythmics! \n\nThe annual Dalcroze UK Spring Course welcomes all those interested in discovering Dalcroze Eurhythmics\, as well as those keen to develop their practice\, meet old friends and colleagues\, and make new ones. \nThis course is for you\, especially if… \n\nyou are curious about the method and looking for a way to develop a deeper understanding of music\, performance\, teaching and learning\nhave taken part in a Taster Day or joined an online Zoom Cafe\nhave been involved in Dalcroze in the past and want to reconnect\nare an experienced Dalcroze practitioner looking to refresh or deepen your knowledge\, re-connect\, and be inspired by others…this is the next step\n\nThere are classes for complete beginners\, students\, and experienced practitioners. For three days you will work with some of the best national and international Dalcroze teachers while enjoying the beautiful spaces and pianos at the Royal Northern College of Music. \nDalcroze Eurhythmics is the only music education method grounded in the relationship between sound and movement. Group lessons offer a unique\, deep\, and personal way of experiencing and expressing music through the whole body. Through sensory integration\, it develops both musical and social abilities in listening\, responsiveness\, coordination\, imagination\, interpretation\, creativity\, and effective communication. \nIn the UK and ROI the contemporary use of Dalcroze in education\, performance\, related arts\, therapy\, and well-being is witness to its far-reaching and inclusive nature and the range of its applications. \nThe course begins on Monday 14th April with registration from 4.00 pm followed by a welcome session and drinks reception. \n\nMeet The Teachers!\nConfirmed teachers for the course include Eugènia Arús\, Kaye Barker\, Karin Greenhead\, Jacqueline Vann & Ruth Jones. More to be confirmed later. \nClick here to find out more about them. \n\nWhat Happens at the Spring Course?\nSessions run daily from 8:45 and include Movement Warm-up\, Rhythmics\, Aural (Solfa/Solfège)\, Improvisation\, and creative movement. Plus\, a range of workshops and special sessions. \nIn addition\, we have a variety of workshops\, demonstrations and interviews. Details of these will be coming soon! \nWatch this video to see what happens! \n\nWe’ll share the timetable here as soon as it’s finalised. In the meantime\, you can look at the timetable from last year by clicking here. \n\nWorkshops\nMovement Techniques For Dalcroze Practitioners\, with Ruth Jones – Ruth will lead a movement technique session\, drawing from Somatics\, Release technique\, Cunningham technique\, Humphrey /Limon and more . The session will explore flow and weight\, breath and swing \, use of the floor\, getting in and out of the floor\, articulation of the feet\, rotation\, economy of movement\, changes of dynamics\, shape and use of space and more. This workshop is suitable for all levels. \nPlastique Animée for Beginners\, with Kaye Barker – Plastique Animée is the title Emile Jaques-Dalcroze gave to a movement piece which explores and embodies elements of a piece of music. This can be its form. melodic line\, rhythms\, dynamics\, character and so on. A plastique ‘shows’ an audience what is happening in a piece of repertoire. The result is dance-like yet different and is a deeply rewarding and exciting way to experience a piece of music. These workshops are ideal for newcomers to Dalcroze but also for experienced students of the method. \nDynamic Rehearsal\, with Karin Greenhead – Dynamic Rehearsal (DR) is a highly effective application of Dalcroze principles to the rehearsal and performance of musical repertoire developed experimentally by Karin while teaching string-players at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) beginning in 1992. Its aim is to enable participants to enter a process of clarifying and refining interpretation and performance and to improve communication skills. DR has been demonstrated many times in workshops nationally and internationally and has featured in a number of conferences\, research articles\, master’s dissertations and Doctoral theses. Participants include both performers and listeners and performers can be soloists or ensembles. The workshop will be in two parts: 1. An introduction to DR with preparatory exercises and techniques that will be used in 2. Session 2. Performers (soloists or ensembles) are taken through the DR process. Listeners participate by giving feedback and sometimes more actively. Listeners are invited to give feedback on what they notice. Those wishing to perform must bring the score of their pieces and should know the section they want to work on from memory (sufficient to get away from the score). Dress as for rhythmics. Those wishing to perform in session 2 must attend session 1. \nPedagogy: Peer Teaching Practice\, with Eugénia Arùs and Hélène Nicolet – All levels of Spring Course participants are welcome to join this workshop as active participants and/or observers. This workshop offers an opportunity to practise teaching adults and receive feedback from peers and experienced Diplômées. Students preparing Licence and Professional Certificate examinations and holders of a Dalcroze Licence or Professional Certificate may apply to teach an exercise or short exercise sequence suitable for adults. The exercise sequence may be designed for a rhythmics class\, rhythmics-solfège\, aural training or improvisation. The workshop is particularly beneficial for those teaching improvisation for their exercise/s. These peer-teaching sessions are always interesting and informative. If you would like to attend and wish to teach please inform the administrator as soon as possible. If the group is large a small number may be asked to be “the class” for some exercises. If the group is very large we will split it and run two simultaneous classes. \nSkip Tease! The Dalcroze skips\, with Jacqueline Vann – Skipping is joyful and fun\, and in Dalcroze Today Marie-Laure Bachman writes about “….youngsters who beg for ‘more skipping!’” Perhaps even more importantly\, Dalcroze said about the exercises in skips…”These exercises provide special technical preparation for all the following lessons which involve lively body movements and require lightness\, elasticity and suppleness of leg movements in lively tempos.” Skips are good for coordination\, independence of limbs\, and strength\, and they can lead to rhythmic accuracy in performance.  This will be a very active workshop exploring the place of ‘the Six Skips’ in teaching and learning today. \n What is Dalcroze\, with Jacqueline Vann – This is a short\, introductory workshop for beginners on Dalcroze the man and the method. If you are new to Dalcroze\, this workshop is for you. You will learn about Emile Jaques-Dalcroze\, why he developed the work\, the fundamental principles behind the work\, and simple games that illustrate some of the different kinds of exercises used in teaching. \nPiano Strategies for Dalcroze Exercises\, with Andrew Davidson – This workshop explores approaches to piano improvisation that effectively support learning and teaching in Dalcroze Eurhythmics. Topics include using the left hand to incite everyday movement\, shaping metric exercises through melodic material\, and applying harmonic vocabularies to free movement in real time. Participants will develop strategies for essential exercises in a Dalcroze context. We will examine the technical and expressive processes involved in creating spontaneous dialogue between sound and motion. This workshop is ideal for pianists new to Dalcroze\, as well as experienced Dalcrozians looking to deepen their approach at the keyboard. \nResearch & Publication: Toward a PhD in Performer Training\, with Andrew Davidson – This presentation explores the process of developing a PhD through published papers\, reflecting on the intersections of research\, teaching\, and artistic practice in performer training. Drawing on my own journey\, I will discuss my prior publications\, the method of thematic analysis\, the role of reflexivity\, and the challenge of navigating expectations in a university conservatoire. The session will offer insights into structuring research within a practice-based framework and the evolving relationship between publication and doctoral inquiry. A Q&A will follow\, welcoming conversation with anyone who identifies as “research curious” but can’t yet imagine themselves pursuing a PhD. \nExam Test Practice\, with Jacqueline Vann\, Kaye Barker and Karin Greenhead – These sessions will run for students on the Dalcroze UK courses Foundation\, Intermediate and Professional Certificate levels. Qualified teachers who would like the opportunity to enhance their practise and skills are welcome to join in. Licence students who wish to participate in these exam test practice sessions should contact the Director of Studies beforehand and discuss what they would like to practice. \n\nApplications for bursaries close on 23rd February 2025. Click here to apply for a bursary\n \nnote: this course is non-residential \nCancellation policy: \nAmount payable if you cancel after registration: \n2 months before – 10%\n1 month before – 50%\nLess than one month before – 80%
URL:https://dalcroze.org.uk/event/spring-into-dalcroze-2025/
LOCATION:RNCM\, 124 Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9RD
CATEGORIES:Spring Course
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SUMMARY:Spring Into Dalcroze 2024!
DESCRIPTION:Dalcroze UK International Spring Course\nDalcroze UK International Spring Course 2024 – a brilliant opportunity to find out all you need to know about Dalcroze Eurhythmics! \n\nThe Dalcroze Spring course is the best short course to find out about Dalcroze. Especially if… \n\nyou are curious about the method and looking for a way to develop a deeper understanding of music\, performance\, teaching and learning\nhave taken part in a Taster Day or joined an online Zoom Cafe\nhave been involved in Dalcroze in the past and want to reconnect\nare an experienced Dalcroze practitioner looking to refresh your knowledge\, re-connect and be inspired by others working successfully post-Covid\n\n…this is the next step \nThere are classes for complete beginners as well as experienced practitioners and over three days you will work with some of the best national and international Dalcroze teachers. \nMore than you think… \nDalcroze is a unique and deep way of learning about and understanding the language of music but it’s much more. It is the only method that considers the relationship between sound and movement. By connecting these we develop sensory integration\, learning\, communication and social skills. \nThe contemporary use of Dalcroze in the UK & Ireland – in education and performance\, therapy and well-being – is witness to its far-reaching and inclusive nature. Don’t miss this course. \nIf you’re unable to attend all three days there’s an option to attend for one day on 8th April. \nThe course begins on 7th April with registration from 4pm followed by a welcome session and drinks reception. \n\nMeet The Teachers!\nYour teachers for the course are Eugènia Arús\, Kaye Barker\, Karin Greenhead\, Ruth Jones & Alison Wise. Click here to find out more about them. \n\nWhat Happens at the Spring Course?\nSessions run from 8:45 every morning and cover Rhythmics\, Aural\, Improv and Creative movement. \nIn addition we have a variety of workshops\, demonstrations and interviews. Details will be posted here as they’re confirmed! \nWatch this video to see what happens! \n\nWe’ll share the timetable here as soon as it’s finalised. In the meantime\, you can look at the timetable from last year by clicking here. \n\nWorkshops\nMovement Techniques For Dalcroze Practitioners with Ruth Jones \nRuth will lead a movement technique session\, drawing from Somatics\, Release technique\, Cunningham technique\, Humphrey /Limon and more . The session will explore flow and weight\, breath and swing \, use of the floor\, getting in and out of the floor\, articulation of the feet\, rotation\, economy of movement\, changes of dynamics\, shape and use of space and more. \n  \nWhat moves you?  Enquiries into Plastique Animée with Mary Price-O’Connor \nThese workshops interrogate how we prepare ourselves and others for Plastique Animée and how we teach it. It will take place over three sessions with a Zoom follow up and attendance at all sessions is required. The workshop is reserved for experienced Dalcrozians at Certificate and Licence level and qualified Dalcroze professionals. This is being delivered  by Mary Price O’Connor as part of her practice led dance research MA at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance. This workshop will be interdisciplinary\, and participants will be introduced to multimodal elements for reflection and to journal their experience. \nDynamic Reharsal with Karin Greenhead \nDynamic Rehearsal (DR) is a highly effective application of Dalcroze principles to the rehearsal and performance of musical repertoire developed experimentally by Karin while teaching string-players at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) beginning in 1992. Its aim is to enable participants to enter a process of clarifying and refining interpretation and performance and to improve communication skills. DR has been demonstrated in workshops nationally and internationally for many years and has featured in a number of conferences\, research articles\, Masters dissertations and Doctoral theses. Participants include both performers and listeners. There will be two sessions: 1. An introduction to DR including the preparatory exercises that will be used in 2. Session 2. Performers (soloists or ensembles) are taken through the DR process. Listeners are invited to give feedback on what they notice. Those wishing to perform must bring the score of their pieces and should know the section they want to work on from memory (sufficient to get away from the score). Dress as for rhythmics. Those wishing to perform in session 2 must attend session 1. \n  \n\nApplications for bursaries closed on 25th February 2024.  \nnote: this course is non-residential \nCancellation policy: \nAmount payable if you cancel after registration: \n2 months before – 10%\n1 month before – 50%\nLess than one month before – 80%
URL:https://dalcroze.org.uk/event/spring-into-dalcroze-2024/
LOCATION:RNCM\, 124 Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9RD
CATEGORIES:Spring Course
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SUMMARY:Spring Into Dalcroze 2023!
DESCRIPTION:Dalcroze UK International Spring Course\nDalcroze UK International Spring Course 2023 – a brilliant opportunity to find out all you need to know about Dalcroze Eurhythmics! \n\nThe Dalcroze Spring course is the best short course to find out about Dalcroze. Especially if… \n\nyou are curious about the method and looking for a way to develop a deeper understanding of music\, performance\, teaching and learning\nhave taken part in a Taster Day or joined an online Zoom Cafe\nhave been involved in Dalcroze in the past and want to reconnect\nare an experienced Dalcroze practitioner looking to refresh your knowledge\, re-connect and be inspired by others working successfully post-Covid\n\n…this is the next step \nThere are classes for complete beginners as well as experienced practitioners and over three days you will work with some of the best national and international Dalcroze teachers. \nMore than you think… \nDalcroze is a unique and deep way of learning about and understanding the language of music but it’s much more. It is the only method that considers the relationship between sound and movement. By connecting these we develop sensory integration\, learning\, communication and social skills. \nThe contemporary use of Dalcroze in the UK & Ireland – in education and performance\, therapy and well-being – is witness to its far-reaching and inclusive nature. Don’t miss this course. \nIf you’re unable to attend all three days there’s an option to attend for one day on 3rd April. \nThe course begins on 2nd April with registration from 4pm followed by a welcome session and drinks reception. \n\nMeet The Teachers!\nYour teachers for the course are Eugènia Arús\, Kaye Barker\, Karin Greenhead\, Ruth Jones\, and Jacqueline Vann. Click here to find out more about them. \n\nWhat Happens at the Spring Course?\nSessions run from 8:45 every morning and cover Rhythmics\, Aural\, Improv and Creative movement. \nIn addition we have a variety of workshops\, demonstrations and interviews: \n\nThe Dalcroze Walk with Karin Greenhead\nInterview: Raquel Costabile with Karin Greenhead\nBeginners Plastique Animée with Kaye Barker\nApproaching Plastique Animée with Karin Greenhead\nDynamic Rehearsal with Karin Greenhead\nRecital: Kathryn Kay\nTeaching and playing for Dalcroze exercises with Eugénia Arus\nA Dalcrozian Approach to Creativity and Teaching with Karin Greenhead\n\nFind out more about these sessions here. \nWe’ll share the timetable here as soon as it’s finalised. In the meantime\, you can look at the timetable from last year by clicking here. \n\nThere are a limited number of bursaries available for members towards the fee. Click here to complete an application. Applications must be received no later than 26th February 2023.  \nnote: this course is non-residential \nCancellation policy: \nAmount payable if you cancel after registration: \n2 months before – 10%\n1 month before – 50%\nLess than one month before – 80%
URL:https://dalcroze.org.uk/event/spring-into-dalcroze-2023/
LOCATION:RNCM\, 124 Oxford Rd\, Manchester\, M13 9RD
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