Subscription Concerts - Children's

Dancing to a Different Beat
October 10, 2007— 9:30 am, 11:15 am, 12:45 am
Dance Tech, Kelly King Cole - Director
Indiana Ballet Northwest, Gloria Tuohy - Director
Bonnie Quigley, Narrator
LaPorte Civic Auditorium
Philip Bauman, Conductor
Classroom Activity Guide (7.7 meg PDF)
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Approximately 7,000 elementary school children from 35 area schools will be taken on a fascinating symphonic journey exploring percussive influences from around the world. By exploring different cultures, styles and traditions, the world of dance will be illustrated through authentic performances and costumes. From medieval to modern expect the toes to be tapping throughout this lively, educational experience.

What started first, music for dancing or dances from music?  No one can say for sure and some might argue they happened in tandem.  In a season of concerts celebrating the diversity of music, the LaPorte County Symphony presents a children’s concert which highlights the many ways dance has influenced the music around us.  Why is it that some music makes us tap our toes or make us what to jump up and move?  We will explore these questions and show how music and dance are invariably intertwined and surround our lives every day. 

The concert will feature dancers performing works from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical periods by such leading composers as Gervaise, Bach and Haydn.  The influence of dance on symphonic forms will be examined as we highlight the work of Beethoven and Dvorak.  Ethnic dances from Spain, Latin America and Ireland will demonstrate the different percussion instruments used for dance and the unique  “colors” the rhythms and instruments make. To listen to the selections on the concert, click the links below.

ANDERSON:	Ballet Music to Goldilocks
GERVAISE:	Pavane d’Angleterre and Gaillard
BACH:	Suite No. 3 – Gigue
HAYDN:	Symphony No. 104  – Minuet
BEETHOVEN:	Symphony No. 9 – Scherzo
DVORAK:	Symphony No. 9 – Finale
HARDIMAN:	Cry of the Celts & Lord of the Dance
MASSENET:	Le Cid – Navarraise
YOUMANS:	Carioca from “Flying Down to Rio”
POWELL:	Mumble Happy Feet

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