Music

Even though I studied music growing up (piano & music theory) I was introduced to a broad range of music through dancing. I was fortunate to have a teacher who had eclectic taste, drawing from classical, jazz, different cultural styles to the most contemporary music—a mix of time signatures and instrumentation which helped me to colour the way I moved. Now as I teach I try to do the same, to source a spread of musical accompaniment to shift out of our habits and to try on other flavours, detail, nuance.

So, as requested ...thanks Leyla :) ...here's my playlists this trimester:

Week 1/2
Fire —Des'ree
Big in Japan —Tom Waits
The Point Beyond Which Something Will Happen —Single Gun Theory
Thirteen —Julian Barnett
Sunny —Dusty Springfield
Darwin Star —Des'ree
Quiet —Panoptique Electrical

Week 3–5
I Want It All —k. d. lang
Justo Agora (Brasil) —Adriana Calcanhotto
Worlds Keep Spinning —The Brand New Heavies
Army Dreamers —Kate Bush
Nierika —Dead Can Dance
Light Out At 11 —Baby Animals
Glycerine Queen —Suzi Quatro

Week 6–8
Falling Water —Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra
Aethenaeum—The Necks (extended warm-up track week 8)
This Masquerade —George Benson
Ride On —Little Axe
Erotica (Confessions Tour Live) —Madonna
Tell Me —Laleh
Unisex —B(If)Tek
We Float —PJ Harvey
Djobi Djoba —Gipsy Kings
Sweet Design —Sia

Week 9–11
Kothbiro —Ayub Ogada
African Journey —Baraka soundtrack
Out There—Dave Graney
Lost in the K-Hole—The Chemical Brothers
Musicology —Prince
Walkie Talkie —DJ Shadow
Burning Down The House —Tom Jones & the Cardigans
Sweet Design —Sia
Man's Dance —Counterfeit Gypsies
More Than A Woman —Bee Gees
Scatter Frost Like Ashes —B(If)Tek