Movement and Musicality with Ally

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Ally Colby — a university student and aspiring arts educator — discusses music and dance through various episode topics that pertain to the interrelatedness, presence in education, issues and importance of the two art forms. This upbeat and entertaining podcast is a space for performers and educators to “nerd out” about the arts (in a cool way, of course). Episodes will be uploaded bi-weekly beginning in the month of June, 2022!

Episodes

  1. 12/11/2024 ·  Bonus

    My School Project on Capoeira! (Bonus Episode)

    Hi everyone! I made this podcast for a course I took this term (Theatre and History of Africa and the Diaspora). Feel free to listen if you're interested! Bibliography Joseph, Janelle. 2012. "The practice of capoeira: diasporic black culture in Canada." Ethnic and racial studies 35.6: 1078-1095. Kadara Capoeira Toronto. 2020. “Capoeira Documentary, an Interview with Professor Soquete.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21CmkcR0GCE. Robitaille, Laurence. 2013. “Chapter Three: Creating Markets: Transnationalization, Professionalization and Commercialization of Capoeira” in Capoeira as a resource: multiple uses of culture under conditions of transnational neoliberalism. UC Davis Music. 2019. “Mestre Cobra Mansa and Friends: Capoeira Music of Brazil.” YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kUji6R1MmA.

  2. 08/14/2024

    The End of an Era (Finale)

    In a delayed season two finale, I revisit my first ever episode to see how my opinions have changed on music and dance "hot takes".

  3. 08/25/2023

    Teaching Dance + My Career Crisis (S2, E3)

    I'm back!!! In this episode, I discuss my break from the podcast, the future of season two, my exciting new job and my "mid-undergrad crisis". I am sooo excited to reconnect with you all. I hope you enjoy! -Ally IG: @movementmusicality & @allycolbymusic

  4. 06/03/2023

    Music Education, Self-Expression, and Just Doing Stuff (with Sasha Zelenskiy) (S2, E2)

    Hi everyone!! In this episode, my friend Sasha (musician, composer, producer) and I talk about our experiences with music education and how we find happiness in our lives as musicians. Thank you, Sasha, for being on the podcast! We had some great conversations that I cannot wait for you all to join in on. As always, feel free to continue the conversation on Instagram (@movementmusicality). ~Ally

  5. 05/06/2023

    The Arts and Mental Health: What They Won't Tell You (S2, E1)

    Welcome back to Movement and Musicality with Ally!!! Season two is titled 'Progress and Prosperity', and I cannot wait for another summer of growth and conversations with you all. In this episode, I talk about mental health and healing your relationship with the arts. Let me know your thoughts on Instagram: @movementmusicality Season two episodes will be uploaded bi-weekly May through August, 2023.

  6. 09/10/2022

    Late Night Conversation on Arts Integration (with my friends!!!) (S1, E6)

    Welcome to the season one finale of Movement and Musicality with Ally!  Thank you so much to Natasha, Sarah and Angela for sharing your amazing thoughts, ideas and experience on this episode. I hope you enjoyed season one! Talk to you next year! Stay swag. -Ally

  7. 08/26/2022

    Competition Dances Make Me Cringe…Sometimes (S1, E5)

    Hello all! In this episode, I discuss my favourite and least-favourite themes for competition dances. This episode is meant to be fun, light-hearted and comedic, and I hope you enjoy it!

  8. 08/05/2022

    So, You're Starting Music School... (S1, E4)

    Are you starting a post-secondary music program? Welcome to my first year survival guide! In this episode, I share some of my advice on how to have a successful first year in your music program. Please share this episode with your friends and feel free to continue the conversation on my Instagram; @movementmusicality!

  9. 07/22/2022

    Let's Take It Back To Baroque (S1, E3)

    Hi all! In this episode, I dicuss my short research paper titled 'The Role of Dance; How Integrating the Arts Impacted European Baroque Society' and its relevance to artists and educators of the present. I hope that you find this episode both entertaining and insightful. I am very excited to share it with you! Talk soon :) -Ally Here is the list of sources that I used when writing this essay: “Baroque Dance” An American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490 to 1920. Library of Congress. Baroque Dance – 17th and 18th Centuries. Early Dance Circle. Burdick, Adam David. The Influence of French Baroque Dance on the Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach. University of Washington, 2007. Coorevits, Esther; Moelants, Dirk. Tempo in Baroque Music and Dance. University of California Press, 2016-06-01, Vol. 33 (5). Harris-Warrick, Rebecca. Dance and Drama in French Baroque Opera: A History. Oxford University Press, 2018-02-01, Vol. 99 (1). Martin, Geoffrey R. The Role of Culture in Global Structural Transformation: Opera and the Baroque Crisis in Seventeenth-Century Europe. Sage Publications Ltd., 1997. Rocha, Luzia Aurora. An Unexpected Presence, or the Master of Dance and the Master of Music in Portuguese Baroque Society. The journal of musicological research, 2020-10-01,Vol. 39 (4). Roule, Natasha. Bodily Narratives in French Baroque Opera. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Opera Journal, 2017-11, Vol. 29 (3). Sommer, Sally. “Social Dance” The International Encyclopedia of Dance. Oxford University Press, 1998. Stoddart, Amy Lynn. “Ballet and Dance” The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World. Oxford University Press, 2008.

  10. 07/08/2022

    Are You Improvising Wrong? (S1, E2)

    Welcome back, lovelies! In today's episode, I talk about my many improv mistakes as well as my tips for becoming comfortable with improvisation in both music and dance. This was a requested episode! If you would like to request a topic for any of my future episodes, let me know on my podcast Instagram; @movementmusicality

  11. 06/24/2022

    This Might Be Controversial... (S1, E1)

    In the very first episode of this podcast, I discuss some of my many music and dance "hot takes". Feel free to continue the conversation on my Instagram, @movementmusicality!

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Ally Colby — a university student and aspiring arts educator — discusses music and dance through various episode topics that pertain to the interrelatedness, presence in education, issues and importance of the two art forms. This upbeat and entertaining podcast is a space for performers and educators to “nerd out” about the arts (in a cool way, of course). Episodes will be uploaded bi-weekly beginning in the month of June, 2022!

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