Movement in Music and Dance

The Sound of the Wild (Music in Nature)10 questions

• Bird songs
  • Example: The sounds of spring
• Dolphin and whale songs
  • Example: Whales & Dolphins
• Biomusic (inspired by natural songs)
  • Example: “Music from the Body, Part 1” (Roger Waters & Ron Geesin)
• Animal Sound Mimicry
  • Example: “Animal Sound Mimicry - A Talent”
• Icaros
  • Example: “Icaro” (Juan Flores)

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Liminal Sounds (Music and Machine/Transportation)24 questions

• Migratory Folk Songs
  • Example: “Coming ‘Round the Mountain”
  • Example: “Go Down Moses” (Louis Armstrong)
  • Example: “Si Vas Para Chile” (Chita Faro)
  • Example: “Oregon Trail” (Woody Guthrie)
• Ambient Music of Movement
  • Airport Music
  • Elevator Music ("muzak")
• Radio Culture: Songs on the Go
  • Example: Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • Example: On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
  • Example: Life Is a Highway (Tom Cochrane)
  • Example: Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
  • Example: Illegal Alien (Genesis)
  • Example: Drive (Bic Runga)
  • Example: Breathe Me (Sia)
  • Example: A Place Called Home (Kim Richey)
  • Example: On the Open Road (Goofy)
  • Example: Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver)
  • Example: A Whole New World (Tim Rice & Alan Menken)
  • Example: Rocket Man (Elton John)
  • Example: Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall (Tom Russell)
  • Example: Americano (Lady Gaga)
  • Example: Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher) (Gogol Bordello)

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Intersection of Music and Dance (Music and Human Performance)20 questions

• Musical Conducting
  • Example: Gustav Mahler
  • Example: Duke Ellington
• Ritual Performances
  • Example: Hula dance (uliuli)
  • Example: Rain dance
  • Example: London 2012 Mascot Dance
• Massive Performances
  • Example: Mass Games Opening
• Modern Performance and Ballet
  • Example: Sabre Dance
  • Example: Horses (Lang Lang and Lang Guo-Ren)
  • Example: “Songs of Migration” (Hugh Masekela)
  • Example: “The Nutcracker” & Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
• Music Videos and Global Dance Memes
  • Example: Rickrolling
  • Example: Gangnam Style
  • Example: Party for Everybody
  • Example: Wonder Girls
  • Example: Historic flashmob in Antwerp train station

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