Music Moves
about
Émile Jaques-Dalcroze
He was a Swiss composer, musician, and music educator who developed Dalcroze Eurhythmics - an approach to learning and experiencing music through movement. Developed in the early 20th century, the method has had a lasting impact on contemporary music education by fostering a more dynamic, experiential, and integrated approach to teaching and learning music.
Philosophy of Dalcroze Eurhythmics
The central concept in the Dalcroze method is the relationship between music and body movement. Dalcroze believed that students who are taught to appreciate music through physicality would develop a greater sense of rhythm, harmony, and melody.
Institut Jaques-Dalcroze
The Institut Jaques-Dalcroze (IJD) in Geneva, Switzerland, is the international centre of the Dalcroze Eurhythmics method. In this active musical pedagogy based on body movement, students (child, adult, or professional) experience the body as an instrument – whereby musicality is felt and transmitted.
Music Moves
the World
Something about how Dalcroze influenced the start of Music Moves and its impact on a worldwide level.