Bare Feet in the Ballroom: The First Demonstration in Australia of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, 1919

Autor/in	Oam, Joan Pope
Titel	Bare Feet in the Ballroom: The First Demonstration in Australia of Dalcroze Eurhythmics, 1919
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Music Education, 53 (2020) 2, S.3-12 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-9484
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Movement Education; Music Education; Educational History; Dance; Dance Education; Teaching Methods; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bewegungsbildung; Musikerziehung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Tanz; Dance; Education; Tanzerziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Australien
Abstract	The "West Australian" of June 1919 contains a detailed account of a 'novel educational method'. It was the first public demonstration of the Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze in Australia. It was held in Government House Ballroom, under the patronage of His Excellency, the Governor of Western Australia, and Lady Ellison-MacCartney. It was presented by Geraldton-born, Irene Wittenoom, who was the first Australian to graduate from the three-year course at the London School of Dalcroze Eurhythmics. The program included rhythmic movement and musical examples, shown by young children, school children, kindergarten teacher training students and adults whom Wittenoom had been teaching during the past months. Modelled on the demonstrations given by M. Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in which Wittenoom had participated in England and Europe, this paper poses the question whether it created a pathway for others in Australia to follow. The "West Australian" noted that, from first to last it was impossible not to be influenced by the beautiful purpose running through all the harmony of movement and music. Each exercise of their limbs and minds and senses, for all were brought into vital play, gave them a positive joy. The Address was given to a large gathering of distinguished Western Australians, by Cecil Andrews, the Director of Education. The only recorded copy of the program is now held in the State Library of Western Australia. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01