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Rhythm Web uses audio clips, articles, and links to explore percussion in cultures around the world. It includes sections with sound clips, instructions for creating homemade percussion instruments, and articles that approach rhythm from many different perspectives. There is also a section geared towards children, with videos of kids from all over the world, drumming.
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One of the dances in Percussion Pieces, Amadinda Dances, is composed to the music of the amadinda, a traditional African xylophone-like instrument. This site features information about the amadinda and other types of log xylophones popular in Uganda. The site also features sound clips and touring information on famous African musicians.
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Tigger Benford's offical site includes a biography, recent and upcoming performances, a list of recordings featuring various instruments and tools, information about workshops, and discussion groups for dancers, composers, and musicians. It also includes Bedford’s instructive article, "Drumming for Dancers," with advice for drummers on composing and playing for modern dance.
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This article from Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research reports the results of a study on children’s experience with dance. Its primary goal is investigating the effect of abstract dance on children. The article explores children's ability to interpret dance that is not narrative or “comprehensible.”
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The visual aspects of Seán Curran’s choreography have been compared to the work of the abstract painter Piet Mondrian, who was known for his reductive approach to art and use of pure color and geometry in paintings. Featured here are some of Mondrian’s works and a brief article on abstraction in art.
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This scholarly article provides an introduction to postmodernism, defining it through its differences from modernism. The article traces the influence of postmodernism in all areas of the arts, and roots this influence in postmodernist literature.
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This Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on postmodernism provides in-depth information about the philosophical foundations of postmodern thought, ranging from the philosophy of Nietzsche to the publications of Lyotard. In addition, the article covers the background of different facets of postmodernism, such as deconstruction, rhetoric, and aesthetics.
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This forum has message boards dedicated to modern dance topics. No registration is needed for posting a message and responding to other posts. There is also a link to a modern dance news page.
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This Web site provides an outline of postmodern dance by Richard Finkelstein, an eminent stage designer. Among the characteristics listed are the mixing of genres, the blurring of gender roles, the rejection of narrative form, and the inclusion of seemingly random elements. A bar on the left of the site features an extensive variety of dance topics to explore in greater depth.
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Seán Curran, choreographer of Percussion Pieces, saw performers like Charlie Chaplin as more than actors—he saw them as dancers as well. In addition, Singin’ in the Rain's musical sequences draw heavily on vaudevillian style, which influenced movie musicals. This site features a biography of Chaplin, information about his films, and more.
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Rhythm Web uses audio clips, articles, and links to explore percussion in cultures around the world. It includes sections with sound clips, instructions for creating homemade percussion instruments, and articles that approach rhythm from many different perspectives. There is also a section geared towards children, with videos of kids from all over the world, drumming.
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