eurythmics
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- noun
- /juˈrɪðmɪks/
- Specialized
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euritmia
- She brought in a Dalcroze teacher to teach eurythmics, a combination of music and movement.
- Dalcroze eurythmics
Examples
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I am like, the world's biggest Eurythmics fan.
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And there'll be lots of nonobjective art and eurythmics and discussion groups.
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(♫ Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics)
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Virginia Hoge Mead, Dalcroze Eurythmics in Today's Music Classroom (New York: Schott Music, 1994).
Academic text (2010) -
Students may take experiential somatic education classes in the Alexander Technique or the Feldenkrais method of movement awareness education for academic credit, along with their studies in classical music, Dalcroze Eurythmics, or jazz studies at an undergraduate or master's level.
Academic text (2000) -
Eurythmics, he wrote, was "a force analogous to electricity," a means of achieving the reconciliation of the human organism with "the necessities of individual and collective existence." (n32)
Academic text (1998) -
For yet another, a movement training such as Dalcroze eurythmics or a theory of body/mind connectedness such as Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's BodyMind Centering may provide a physical "aha!" experience.
Academic text (1993) -
In her class, students learn eurythmics by moving harmoniously with the music's rhythm.
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Eurythmics is an effective way to teach children about musical concepts through movement.
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The workshop focused on eurythmics, allowing participants to express music through dance-like movements.
Synonyms
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A way of teaching music by moving the body to show rhythm
A way of moving the body to music to show its rhythm
A way of moving the body with music or speech to show rhythm and meaning
A method of teaching music using body movement to help students learn rhythm and musical ideas
How Movement-Based
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- Specialized
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6
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Eurythmics comes from Greek parts eu- meaning 'good' and rhythmos meaning 'rhythm' or 'movement', so it literally suggests 'good rhythm'. That's why eurythmics is a teaching method where students use their bodies to feel and show musical rhythm.