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Zum Spielen und zum Tantzen (2016)

Tormod Dalen
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This exposition presents the artistic research project 'Zum Spielen und zum Tantzen: A Kinaesthetic Exploration of the Bach Cello Suites through Studies in Baroque Choreography’, undertaken at the Norwegian Academy of Music between 2009 and 2012. I offer a historical background, discuss the method used, and present the artistic results in the form of video and audio files. The dance titles of J. S. Bach's cello suites, derived from French court dance, clearly meant more to the composer than just abstract references. In Bach's time, dance practice permeated social life, and an intimate knowledge of fashionable dance forms was indispensable for a musician. The movements and gestures of these dances inevitably had a profound influence on performance style. I have investigated how the practice of Baroque dance could influence my interpretation of the Bach suites. Learning the essentials of this style and its original choreographies and frequently accompanying dancing, I also explored the dance aspect of the cello suites by way of experiments with historical tempos as well as melodic and rhythmic reductions of the musical material. Through this project, I hope to make a worthy contribution to the development of performance practice studies, offering a recontextualisation of Bach’s work that emphasises the close links between the expressive gestures of music and dance. The results have both artistic and pedagogic potential as tools to discover essential aspects of dance character in Baroque music.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsBach, Cello Suites, Cello solo, Baroque Dance, La belle danse, HIP, Body paradigm, dance tempo, dance character, melodic reduction, Taubert, Feuillet, Rameau, Pécour, Tomlinson, sarabande, bourrée, gavotte, gigue, courante, corrente, giga, allemande, minuet, artistic research, J. S. Bach, kinaesthetic empathy
date24/10/2014
published08/11/2016
last modified08/11/2016
statuspublished
affiliationNorwegian Academy of Music, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/103350/103351
doihttps://doi.org/10.22501/jar.103350
published inJournal for Artistic Research
portal issue11.
connected toNorwegian Artistic Research Programme


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nameGigue-Forlana
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nameCourante suite 2 – Taubert choreography
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nameBourree 3 - arms and steps
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nameGavotte suite 6 simplified – Pécour choreography
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nameAllemande suite 2 – 'baroque' steps
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nameAllemande suite 2 – 'Arbeau' steps
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nameSarabande sequence 5 – 'step demonstration'
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nameMenuet suite 2 – 'menuet ordinaire'
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nameTable 2 - menuet hemiola (new)
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nameTable 1 - pas de menuet (new)
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nameMastins_dansant
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nameFrancesco_Alborea
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nameGiacomo_Ceruti_-_Portrait_of_a_Cellist
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nameAntoine_Watteau_013
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nameEssex - Disposition
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nameTable 5 - tempo variation new
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nameBach 1 sarabande vc-cont
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nameBach 6 Gavotte 1 G vc-cont
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nameFigure 15 Sarabande Hoppstock version
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nameCourante reduction rev.5
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nameFigure 8 Menuet 1e suite simple 4
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nameTable 4 - sarabande tempos
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nameTable 3 - Suite movemens historical tempos
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nameInspired by Dance - complete
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nameChoreographies studied new
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nameOriginals of the simplified movements
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nameChoregraphie Sarabande BWV1008
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nameChoreography on the Sarabande BWV1008 - page 1
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nameProgram Inspired by Dance
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nameSuite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Gique
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nameSuite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Bourrée 1–2
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nameSuite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Sarabande
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nameSuite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Courante
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nameSuite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Allemande
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nameSuite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Prelude
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nameSuite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Gique
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nameSuite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Menuet 1–2
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nameSuite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Sarabande
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nameSuite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Courante
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nameSuite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Allemande
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nameSuite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Prelude
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nameSuite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Gique
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nameSuite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Menuet 1–2
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nameSuite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Sarabande
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nameSuite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Courante
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nameSuite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Allemande
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nameSuite 1 in G major BWV 1007 – Prelude
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nameCD booklet Inspired by Dance
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nameCD booklet outside new
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