Review of Music for Use in Dance Movement Therapy with Young Children

Artist, Group/CD Name strong/rhythmic soft/light adventure/journey slow fast medium relaxation breathy emotional

Briar, Celia

The Dark Rose

# 10 Farewell to Music * haunting

Cantieni, David

Red Rock

# 3 Waltz in a Blue Moon for Katherine * * * languid

# 9 Blind Mary * *

# 15 Carribe Groove * Carribean beat

Chappelle, Eric for the Contrast & Continuum Series

Music for Creative Dance Vols. I–IV * * * * * * *

Cirque du Soleil

Saltimbanco

# 1 Kumbalawé * * happy

# 2 Barock * *

# 3 Kazé * slinky, sly, sliding

# 4 Amazonia * mysterious, searching

# 5 Norweg * *

# 11 Rideau * *

Clayfoot Strutters,The

Going Elsewhere

#1 Honey Bee * bouncy * * gay, happy

Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Saint-Saens: Carnival of Animals

# 4 Tortoises * *

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# 5 The Elephant * * animal walks * *

# 7 The Aquarium * * fairy-like/mystical *

Davidson, Roger

Mango Tango

#1 Scallywag’s Tango

#13 Susana

Demby, Constance

Set Free

# 1 Waltz of Joy * * ethereal journey

# 4 I Set Myself Free *

# 5 Moving On * twirling, gliding *

# 6 Mother of the World * reaching *

# 7 Chambers of the Heart * opening, going through

# 8 Lotus Opening * watery, cascades

# 10 Galactic Chalice * outer space

Diallo, Yaya

The Healing Drum

# 3 Don *

Eno, Brian

Ambient 1. Music for Airports **

Ambient 2. The Plateaux of Mirror *

Enya

The Memory of Trees ****

The Celts

# 1 The Celts * large movements

# 2 Aldebaran * rippling *

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# 3 I Want Tomorrow * definite beat * *

# 6 The Sun in the Stream * * * yearning

# 7 To Go Beyond (I) * * * delicate

# 8 Fairytale * * music box *

# 9 Epona *

# 12 Boadicea * moving as group *

Horowitz

# 1 Bach/Busoni: Chorale Prelude “Nun komm’der Heiden Heiland” * processional * * sad

# 2 Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major: Allegro moderato * * gay/happy

# 3 Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major: Andante cantabile * * sweet

# 4 Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major: Allegretto * *

# 5 Chopin: Mazurka in A minor * dramatic/crashing * angry

# 7 Schubert: Impromptu in A flat major * * fluttering/waterfall

# 8 Liszt: Consolation No. 3 in D flat major * * tired

James, Etta

Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection * * jazzy

Ma, Yo-Yo and Bobby McFerrin

Hush

# 1 Grace * bouncy *

# 2 Concerto in D minor for 2 Mandolins: Andante * * * questioning

# 3 The Legend of Tsar Saltan: Flight of the Bumblebee * * busy

# 4 Stars * bouncy * * excited

# 6 Vocalise * * sad

# 12 Orchestral Suite No. 3: Air * stretch, walk, lunge *

Marley, Bob

Legend ***

Mozart

Flute Concerto—Flute & Harp

# 1 * * leaping *

# 2 * processional *

# 6 **

Nakai, R. Carlos

Canyon Trilogy: Native American Flute Music * soul journey

New England Dancing Masters

Jump Jim Joe: Great Singing Games for Children * line/circle dances * * * fun

Pachelbel, Johann

Pachelbel’s Greatest Hit: Canon in D *

Penguin Café Orchestra

Broadcasting from Home

# 2 Prelude and Yodel * stretch, move, squiggle *

# 12 Now Nothing * *

Plack, Adam

Dawn Until Dusk: * live recording Tribal Song and Didgeridoo Australian Outback

Premal, Deva

Embrace * * * trance-like

Putumayo Presents:

Zydeco (various artists) * * energizing

Redman, Joshua

Wish * jazzy

# 7 Tears in Heaven * stretch/warm joints * * * contemplative

Roth, Gabrielle and The Mirrors

Ritual **

Totem

# 3 Red Wind * * mystery jungle walk

# 4 Eternal Dance * * jungle walk

# 7 La Cancion de Manuel * * more staccato

Schumann, Robert

Album pour la Jeunesse ** ***

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Hot * * * * * lively

Stagg, Hilary

Dream Spiral * *

The Transitions Womb Sound Music Scenes by Dr. Fred Schwartz

Transitions 1: Soothing Music for Crying Infants *

Transisitons 2: Music to Help Baby Sleep *

Ungar, Jay and Molly Mason

The Lovers’ Waltz

# 1 The Lover’s Waltz (duet) * *

# 3 The Mountain House * *

# 4 The Contradance * * * * seeking

# 8 Louisiana Wedding Bells * * * fun/gay

# 11 There’s Honey on the Moon Tonight * * * playful

Van Fleet, Ed

Oceans * underwater sea * * *

Warner, Richard

Quiet Hart/Spirit Wind **

Whelan, John

Celtic Reflections: Misty-Eyed Morning *****

Wild Asparagus

Call of the Wild

# 1 Congress Reel/Fisherman’s Island/Return to Milltown * *

# 2 Sean Ryan’s/Tony Rowe’s/ The Castletown Connors/The Gold Stud *

# 3 Sunday River *

# 7 Camel Hump/Sam Bartlett’s/ Camel Hump * moves along

# 8 Rhinoceros for Sue * jazzy, plucking

# 9 Shaskeen Jig * * circular pathways *

# 11 Shaskeen Reel/Concert Reel/ John Stenson’s #2 * * kind

Tone Roads

# 1 High Part of the Road/The Tipsy Sailor/Out on the Ocean * * lines and curves *

# 2 La Grondeuse/La Belle Cathrine/ Alfred Montmarquette’s F# minor Reel * shake *

# 5 The Dancer * * drama/squiggle

Wherever You Go

#8 Valse Por Pété/Early * * gentle

#10 Mapeking (Spokes Mashiyne)/ Lark in the Morning * * * lively, energetic

#12 Wherever You Go When You Sleep **