Movement and Musicality with Ally: Recent Episodes

Ally

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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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".

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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!

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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!

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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.

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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

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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!