Zum Spielen und zum Tantzen

Tormod Dalen

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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.

type	research exposition
keywords	Bach, 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
date	24/10/2014
published	08/11/2016
last modified	08/11/2016
status	published
share status	shared with registered RC users
affiliation	Norwegian Academy of Music, Norwegian Artistic Research Programme
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url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/103350/103351
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.103350
published in	Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	11.
connected to	Norwegian Artistic Research Programme

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name	Gigue-Forlana
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name	Courante suite 2 – Taubert choreography
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name	Bourree 3 - arms and steps
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name	Gavotte suite 6 simplified – Pécour choreography
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name	Allemande suite 2 – 'baroque' steps
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name	Allemande suite 2 – 'Arbeau' steps
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name	Sarabande sequence 5 – 'step demonstration'
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name	Menuet suite 2 – 'menuet ordinaire'
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name	Table 2 - menuet hemiola (new)
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name	Table 1 - pas de menuet (new)
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name	Mastins_dansant
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name	Francesco_Alborea
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name	Giacomo_Ceruti_-_Portrait_of_a_Cellist
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name	Antoine_Watteau_013
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name	Essex - Disposition
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name	Table 5 - tempo variation new
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name	Bach 1 sarabande vc-cont
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name	Bach 6 Gavotte 1 G vc-cont
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name	Figure 15 Sarabande Hoppstock version
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name	Courante reduction rev.5
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name	Figure 8 Menuet 1e suite simple 4
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name	Table 4 - sarabande tempos
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name	Table 3 - Suite movemens historical tempos
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name	Inspired by Dance - complete
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name	Choreographies studied new
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name	Originals of the simplified movements
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name	Choregraphie Sarabande BWV1008
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name	Choreography on the Sarabande BWV1008 - page 1
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name	Program Inspired by Dance
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name	Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Gique
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name	Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Bourrée 1–2
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name	Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Sarabande
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name	Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Courante
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name	Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Allemande
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name	Suite 3 in C major BWV 1009 - Prelude
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name	Suite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Gique
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name	Suite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Menuet 1–2
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name	Suite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Sarabande
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name	Suite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Courante
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name	Suite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Allemande
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name	Suite 2 in d minor BWV 1008 - Prelude
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name	Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Gique
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name	Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Menuet 1–2
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name	Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Sarabande
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name	Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Courante
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name	Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 - Allemande
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name	Suite 1 in G major BWV 1007 – Prelude
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name	CD booklet Inspired by Dance
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name	CD booklet outside new
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