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The sound of music: new CDs for dance class.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-FEB-06
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The sound of music: new CDs for dance class.(DANCE MAGAZINE RECOMMENDS)(Sound recording review)

Article Excerpt
The first modern dance class I accompanied was taught by Kozuko Hirabayashi, at Kirkland (now Hamilton) College in 1970. Her instructions to me were, "And." Somehow I figured out what to do. Subsequently, I studied dance at the Paul Sanasardo Summer Workshop in Saratoga Springs, where a divine human accompanied class playing cello and finger cymbals, and burst into song at the perfect moment. Gwendolyn Watson became my inspiration as a dance class accompanist, and I went on to become the original music director of both the Mark Morris Dance Group and Mikhail Baryshnikov's White Oak Dance Project (above).

The best accompaniment for any dance class is live accompaniment. Apart from the sheer power of live music,...



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