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Who is it for?
Children & Parents
Dalcroze is an excellent way of introducing very young children to music. The aims can reach far beyond music and support children in their physical, emotional and social development.
The use of movement as an expression of the music is a most innate and natural primal language to any baby or toddler. Sessions based on Dalcroze principles encourage learning about music through movement and singing and appeal greatly. Basic musical elements are explored involving the whole body, which not only engages the child, but helps the music to be internalized and owned.
Dalcroze enables very young children to develop their co-ordination, spatial awareness, language skills and emotions through interaction with others, while the development of listening skills is at the core of every activity.
Sessions take place in a space big enough for free movement and with the length of each session dependent upon the age and number of the children. Regularity, routine and repetition are encouraged. Music, emotionally rich and powerful, remains the basis and framework of most activities.
For the full picture, click here for Margareta Burrell’s essay
If you need a teacher for a workshop, click here
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