Tamaé Gennai Deveaud (Switzerland) "Let's try reggae!"
Eurhythmics: Offbeat, measure shape, reggae music, heavy and light movement/feeling
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"Let's try reggae!"
A VDM Masterclass with Tamaé Gennai Deveaud (Switzerland)
Everyone knows the reggae classics, Bob Marley in particular.
But have you ever experienced this music in depth? Is it as simple as some people say? Do you know why it grooves so much and appeals to so many different people? Aren't all good reggae musicians unknowingly practicing eurhythmics?
We'll explore what makes up this music through the body and the voice, with a variety of eurythmics exercises based on our body sensation, our relationship to the ground and to space. Do you like polyrhythms? Do you like to sing? Are you curious? Then this class is for you! And for even more fun, if you have the chance, don't hesitate to share this moment with one or more friends.
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Tamaé Gennai Deveaud teaches music and movement to a wide variety of audiences (parents-children, teenagers, senior citizens, HUG psychiatric ward, etc.). With a Diplôme Supérieur in the Jaques-Dalcroze’s method, she has also been awarded the Aletheia Foundation prize for group choreography. She has instructed in rhythmics, solfeggio, pedagogy, improvisation and performance coaching at the High school of Arts in Berne (HKB) and at the High school of music in Geneva (HEM). Since 2021, she has been teaching regularly in Bucharest as well as at the Jaques Dalcroze’s Institute.
Alongside her teaching career, Tamaé co-writes and directs a number of multidisciplinary shows (music, dance, theater) with Compagnie TaMiErO. In 2019, she won the Swiss Authors Society (SSA) writing grant for her young audience show L'enfant do. Committed to combining her scenic and pedagogical skills to serve audiences with no easy access to the arts, she has created several performance projects in India, in the slums of Calcutta and Bombay, in Geneva's Villas Yoyo, and as part of the Jaques-Dalcroze’s creativity workshops.
Masterclass #36 was originally given on June 15/16, 2024.
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