Dalcroze USA Resource Library

Pedagogy Resources

Insightful tools and strategies to strengthen your teaching. These resources deepen your understanding of Dalcroze and support your planning, reflection, and growth as an educator.

Recently Added Pedagogy Resources

Spatial Orientation and Awareness

Michael Joviala

Moving in Beauty

Ruth Alperson

Active Listening

Mary Dobrea-Grindahl

Chapter 3.3

The Dalcroze Identity

Institut Jaques-Dalcroze

Principles of Dalcroze Education

Browse All Pedagogy Resources

Title	Date	Format	Type	Link
Spatial Orientation and Awareness From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 7 No. 1 Michael Joviala	2022	Text	Article / Essay	View
Moving in Beauty Members Only Phrase and Measure Shape in Brahms’ Piano Quintet Ruth Alperson	2023	Video	Full Class	View
Active Listening The Dalcrozian’s Superpower From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 10 No. 1 Mary Dobrea-Grindahl	2025	Text	Article / Essay	View
Chapter 3.3 Improvisation Standards From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
The Dalcroze Identity Professional Training in Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Theory and Practice Institut Jaques-Dalcroze	2019	Attached Document	Book	View
Principles of Dalcroze Education		Text	Definition	View
Appendix Sample Exercises Demonstrating Certification Standards From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 5 Professional Development Committee Teacher-Training Program From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 3.7 Jury Examination Guidelines From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 3.6 Examination Forms From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 3.5 Pedagogy Requirements From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 3.4 Plastique Animée Standards From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 3.2 Solfège Standards From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Plastique Animée Art and Education From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 1 No. 1 John R. Stevenson	2015	Text	Article / Essay	View
Imagination, Improvisation, and Invention From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 9 No. 2 Michael Joviala	2025	Text	Article / Essay	View
Systemizations From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 9 No. 2 Jeremy Dittus	2025	Text	Article / Essay	View
Association, Dissociation, Automatism, and Quick Reaction From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 7 No. 2 Mary Dobrea-Grindahl	2023	Text	Article / Essay	View
Plastique Animée The Dalcrozian Analytical Technique From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 7 No. 2 Stephen Neely	2023	Text	Article / Essay	View
Time, Space, & Energy From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 8 No. 1 Mary Dobrea-Grindahl, Lauren Hodgson	2023	Text	Article / Essay	View
Group Activities in the Dalcroze Lesson From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 8 No. 1 Katie Couch	2023	Text	Article / Essay	View
Chapter 3.1 Eurhythmics Standards From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 2 Certification Descriptions and Definitions From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Chapter 1 The Components of a Dalcroze Education From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Foreword From Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Text	Article / Essay	View
Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure		Attached Document, Text	Teacher Training Manual	View
Continuous Pattern Canon		Text	Definition	View
Social Interaction From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Time-Space-Energy From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Reassociation From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Quick Reaction Exercise From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Experience Before Analysis Also known as Theory Follows Practice From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Dissociation From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Association From Dalcroze Teaching Strategies and Techniques		Text	Definition	View
Book Review “Learn to Improvise” by Leslie Purcell Upchurch From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 9 No. 1 Elda Nelly Treviño	2024	Text	Review	View
The Mystery of the Espèce From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 9 No. 1 John R. Stevenson	2024	Text	Article / Essay	View
Rhythmic Solfège From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 9 No. 1 Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Robert Abramson	2024	Text	Article / Essay	View
The Spirit of Play Brings Joy From Dalcroze Connections Vol. 9 No. 1 Mary Dobrea-Grindahl	2024	Text	Article / Essay	View
Dalcroze 101 Members Only Introduction to Eurhythmics Gregory Ristow	2024	Video	Full Class	View
When Is It Eurhythmics and When Is It Not? Members Only From American Dalcroze Journal Vol. 23 No. 1 Virginia Hoge Mead	1996	Text	Article / Essay	View
A Dalcroze Approach to Modal Jazz Members Only Exploring Miles Davis’s “Flamenco Sketches” William R. Bauer	2024	Video	Full Class	View
Games and Songs in Five Members Only Anthony Molinaro	2024	Video	Full Class	View
Dalcroze Time Signatures Explained From Dalcroze 102 Jeremy Dittus	2024	Video	Presentation	View
Dalcroze 104 Members Only Dalcroze Solfège and Harmony Eiko Ishizuka	2024	Video	Full Class	View
Dalcroze 103 Members Only Compound Meter and the Duplet Lauren Hodgson	2024	Video	Full Class	View
Dalcroze 102 Members Only Changing Compound Meters Jeremy Dittus	2024	Video	Full Class	View
Contemporary Harmonies for Piano Improv From Piano Improv Melissa Tucker	2023	Video	Presentation	View
Piano Improv Members Only Creating Contemporary Harmonies Melissa Tucker	2023	Video	Full Class	View
Polyrhythmic Frontiers Members Only Eurhythmics Games for the Classroom Brian Sweigart	2024	Video	Full Class	View
A Cappella Arranging via Dalcroze Solfège Games Members Only Building an Arrangement of Marvin Gaye’s “Where Are We Going?” Katie Couch	2024	Video	Full Class	View