Tapping the Plate or Hitting the Bottle: Sound and Movement in Self-accompanied and Musician-accompanied Dance

The Fighting Art of <i>Pencak Silat</i> and its Music

“…He can even do it while chain-smoking! -mentthroughcorrespondinglevelsoftensionseeKrumhansl1995,1996-mentthroughcorrespondinglevelsoftensionseeKrumhansl1995, ,1997Krumhansl and Schenck 1997;Mason 2014). The correspondence in tension betweenmusicaleventsandmovementsequencesinpencak silat seni arefar morenuancedthanentrenchedanalogiesanddirectone-to-onemappings.…”

“…In musicanddance,thevariablerelationshipsbetweensoundandmovementin combinationwiththematerialaspectsofaperformancerevealcharacteristics of traditions housed in culturally organised social contexts (Mason 2012). Cross-modal relationship between sound, moving bodies, material objects, colourandotherqualiathatexcitethesenseshavedeepimplicationsforthe way we perceive and recall events.…”

Enhancing students' understanding and skills on dance music: An action research

“…The connection between music and dance in an art performance has been recognized by ethnomusicologists and choreologists (Hanna, 2020;Mason, 2012;Petrie, 2015;Richter, 2010;Volpi, 2014). These two elements of the performing arts have their respective roles (Hampton, 2017;Kealiinohomoku, 1965;Mabingo, 2020;Mason, 2014). Music and dance become units that can create an artistic expression (Mason, 2012(Mason, , 2014.…”

The Effectiveness of a Music and Movement Program for Traditional Dance Teaching on Primary School Students’ Intrinsic Motivation and Self - Reported Patterns of Lesson Participation

“…Since its main purpose is the total harmonic, mental and psychomotor development of children (Sergi, 1987), MMO education is considered essential especially for primary school students' skill development and smooth adaptation to the learning environment (Mason, 2014). As a solid educational theory and practice, MMO education rejects the teaching practices of memorization and passive reception of knowledge and adopts alternative ones such as observation, experimentation and reasoning (Sergi, 1987;Rica, 2004).…”

“…School education must preserve and pass on to new generations all the elements of folk culture which are "alive" even today and rich in traditional elements, being thus a source of knowledge of a culture's folk tradition (Girke, 1982;Lykesas & Zachopoulou, 2006;Mason, 2014). In relation to the above, the need for a more integrated approach to Physical Education teaching and particularly Greek traditional dance teaching, one that would help students have more positive psychomotor learning experiences, has led researchers to the development of new teaching models based on music and movement, such as the Music and Movement educational model (Lykesas, 2002;Lykesas et al, 2009).…”