Tag: dance
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The dancing flutist
Recently, I’ve decided to lean fully into being a dancing flutist. Well actually, I’m not interested in doing them simultaneously- it’s too much of a compromise for both art forms. But it has been exciting to explore ways to combine live music and dance in our performances. Last Valentine’s Day, I did a little ballet,…
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7 things I learned about performing, as a dancer
I don’t remember my first performance at all. I started ballet at four (and a half), so I was probably five. I took ballet rather seriously throughout elementary and intermediate school- two to three classes a week, and several productions a year. When I was eleven, I began playing the flute in band. As my…
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[videos] Pan-Tones Allemande & dance
![[videos] Pan-Tones Allemande & dance](https://alysehokamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/image-12-12-24-at-9.21-am.jpg)
This evening, the Pan-Tones are performing at Stage West Theatre in Ft. Worth. It is more of a show than we usually put on… there’s lighting, dancing, and a script. We go on a journey from the origins of the flute in Andean folk music, illuminating the musical and cultural conversation between South America, Europe,…