Journal of the International Guild
of Musicians in Dance
Winter, 2007

Volume 6 of the Journal has been printed, and is ready to send out. This is an exciting issue, with many articles about the topic of new technologies in the dance technique class. Editor Bill Moulton has compiled a rich issue, and includes an audio CD of music that illustrates points the authors make in their articles. We are going to be sending these out to those who join the Guild, or renew your membership.

Contents:

Point of View
A Survivor’s Guide for Musicians in Dance
Steven Rush

Scholarship and Research
A Movement-Pattern Approach to Musical Organization
Andrew Warshaw

Il ballo delle ingrate: A Lost Genre Whose Time Has Come?
Andy Teirstein

Technology

Using Interactive Computer Applications to Integrate the Arts and the Artists in Music and Dance
John Toenjes

     Five Perspectives on Bringing Electronics into Dance Class

Robert Kaplan: Using a Laptop as an Instrument in a Dance Technique Class

Jon Scoville: Four Decades of Electronics in Class

Neil Dunn: Reasoning with the DrumKAT: Electronic Percussion in the Dance Class

Keith Fleming: Beat keeping, sound alteration, and improvisational liberty through music technology

Chris Peck: On Dance Class Accompaniment with the Computer