2013: A World in Motion
Music
Movement in Music and Dance
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The Sound of the Wild (Music in Nature)
- Bird songs
- Example: The sounds of spring
- Dolphin and whale songs
- Example: Whales & Dolphins
- Biomusic (inspired by natural songs)
- Example: “Music from the Body, Part 1” (Roger Waters & Ron Geesin)
- Animal Sound Mimicry
- Example: “Animal Sound Mimicry - A Talent”
- Icaros
- Example: “Icaro” (Juan Flores)
- Bird songs
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Liminal Sounds (Music and Machine/Transportation)
- Migratory Folk Songs
- Example: “Coming ‘Round the Mountain”
- Example: “Go Down Moses” (Louis Armstrong)
- Example: “Si Vas Para Chile” (Chita Faro)
- Example: “Oregon Trail” (Woody Guthrie)
- Ambient Music of Movement
- Airport Music
- Elevator Music ("muzak")
- Radio Culture: Songs on the Go
- Example: Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Example: On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)
- Example: Life Is a Highway (Tom Cochrane)
- Example: Come Away with Me (Norah Jones)
- Example: Illegal Alien (Genesis)
- Example: Drive (Bic Runga)
- Example: Breathe Me (Sia)
- Example: A Place Called Home (Kim Richey)
- Example: On the Open Road (Goofy)
- Example: Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver)
- Example: A Whole New World (Tim Rice & Alan Menken)
- Example: Rocket Man (Elton John)
- Example: Who’s Gonna Build Your Wall (Tom Russell)
- Example: Americano (Lady Gaga)
- Example: Immigraniada (We Comin' Rougher) (Gogol Bordello)
- Migratory Folk Songs
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Intersection of Music and Dance (Music and Human Performance)
- Musical Conducting
- Example: Gustav Mahler
- Example: Duke Ellington
- Ritual Performances
- Example: Hula dance (uliuli)
- Example: Rain dance
- Example: London 2012 Mascot Dance
- Massive Performances
- Example: Mass Games Opening
- Modern Performance and Ballet
- Example: Sabre Dance
- Example: Horses (Lang Lang and Lang Guo-Ren)
- Example: “Songs of Migration” (Hugh Masekela)
- Example: “The Nutcracker” & Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
- Music Videos and Global Dance Memes
- Example: Rickrolling
- Example: Gangnam Style
- Example: Party for Everybody
- Example: Wonder Girls
- Example: Historic flashmob in Antwerp train station
- Musical Conducting