Composing Tap Dance

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The Composing Tap Dance podcast is a show about the process of creating music for tap dance and tap dance for music. Some episodes will comprise of audio essays and others will consist of conversations between myself, Jacob Thiede (a composer), and my wife, Arie Thiede (a tap dancer).

Jacob Thiede


    • Dec 6, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 24m AVG DURATION
    • 3 EPISODES


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    Dance Notation (Laban, Kahn, and Tap)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 35:49


    (00:45) - Introduction (2:00) - Labanotation (A Musician's Guide) (11:18) - Labanotation as Prescriptive Notation for Composers (20:21) - Kahnotation (A Musician's Guide) (25:09) - Other Forms of Dance Notation (27:17) - Simplified Notation for Tap Dancers (30:26) - Rudiments for Tap Dancers (35:07) - Conclusions Example of Tap Dance Notation using Anthony Morigerato's Paradiddle Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLcjq36_q4 Please consider supporting this podcast at: patreon.com/jacobthiede. You will receive unique and spontaneous perks for as little at $1 per month. Get access to the written transcript here: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703288/ Listen to more of our work at: jacobthiede.com Listen on Spotify at: spotify.com/jacobthiede

    How Composers and Balletmasters Collaborate

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 31:19


    (00:44) - Introduction (02:21) - Repertoire for Composer-Choreographer Collaboration (03:47) - Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Julius Reisinger, Marius Petipa, and Lev Ivanov (10:38) - Igor Stravinsky with Sergei Diaghilev and Vaclav Nijinsky (17:15) - Aaron Copland with Martha Graham (25:06) - Practices for Collaboration (30:21) - Conclusions Please consider supporting this podcast at: patreon.com/jacobthiede. You will receive unique and spontaneous perks for as little at $1 per month. Get access to the written transcript here: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703288/ Listen to more of our work at: jacobthiede.com Listen on Spotify at: spotify.com/jacobthiede

    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2020 6:51


    Please consider supporting this podcast at: patreon.com/jacobthiede. You will receive unique and spontaneous perks for as little at $1 per month. Get access to the written transcript here: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1703288/ Listen to more of our work at: jacobthiede.com Listen on Spotify at: spotify.com/jacobthiede

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