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Stretch and Breathe Two

by Geoffrey Armes

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1.
Eleven Fours 03:54
2.
It Bounces 02:31
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Breathe 01:57
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Swing Dub 03:15
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Tendu Dub 03:00
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Stau 04:52
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Djebre 02:16
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Piano 15 02:48
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Little One 02:58
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Nine 06:17
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Wahbuka 03:41
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Combination 06:11
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Twenty Seven 02:04
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Strings FM 02:00
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Helen 03:09
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Bells 03:54
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April Eighth 04:03

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Composed and played by Geoffrey Armes. Dance Guidance by Helen Hansen.
Geoffrey: “Dance training usually involves long hours of repetitive and arduous physical labour. One intention of this music is to create a sound simple enough to be easily followed, yet complex and subtle enough to sustain repeated listening. An aural garden to wander around in, each time discovering ‘new’ growth, that really was always there, unnoticed before.”
Helen: “The collaboration between dancer and musician, movement and music, is an ongoing dialogue. A conversation, if you will, between artists who have the potential to create and communicate an idea or mood, to cultivate something new each moment. When Geoffrey asked me to provide dance guidance for this CD I found myself drawn to the question of how to shape dance combinations to allow there to be growth from elementary movement to more complex ideas of playing with dynamics and tempo, while at the same time not dictating to Geoffrey how each phrase should be written or played. We both felt that this collection of music should be able to stand on its own and not require dance movement to explain its existence. With that said I have offered suggestions of classroom combinations that inspire me. Whether it be a warm up series of seated bounces or traveling small jumps, they all have a structure that can be modified to fit the varied ranges of dancers that exist.” Lovely Bonus Booklet.

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released April 8, 2008

with Helen Hansen

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Geoffrey Armes Berlin, Germany

London to Berlin to NYC to Berlin. Music. Accompaniment: Ailey, Graham, Cunningham. Keys, guitars, percussion, bass. Parkinson's.

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