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Jaques-Dalcroze

American  
[zhahk-dal-krohz] / ˈʒɑk dalˈkroʊz /

noun

  1. Émile 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.


Jaques-Dalcroze British  
/ ʒakdalkroz /

noun

  1. Émile (emil). 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: invented eurythmics

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He writes that “nothing came of” a Ballets Russes visit to the educator Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, but in fact Marie Rambert then left Dalcroze to become Nijinsky’s assistant in teaching the “Rite” to the dancers.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2013

Here, too, Jaques-Dalcroze has his own system, with which he obtains results often remarkable, but, as in the case of the ear-training, this is a detail not peculiar to the method as a whole.

From The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile

This co-ordination of movement and music is the essence of the Jaques-Dalcroze method, and differentiates it from all other methods of similar aim.

From The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile

Jaques-Dalcroze has re-opened a door which has long been closed.

From The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile

The Jaques-Dalcroze method aims at nothing more or less than the training of rhythmic innervations.

From The Eurhythmics of Jaques-Dalcroze by Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile

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