Le 28 juin 2017
de 14h00 à 14h30
Le Patio (université de Strasbourg)
22 rue René Descartes, 67000 Strasbourg
salle 3206
Séance - Bridging the Twentieth Century: Stravinsky, Varèse, and Boulez
Pré-acte / Acte
Auteur : Pieter van den Toorn
Many of the dance movements in The Rite of Spring are stratifications, polyrhythmic structures in which there is a superimposition of fragments and patterns that repeat according to varying cycles or spans. Typically, these repeating fragments are often displaced relative to the meter. This paper will address the aesthetics of these processes by turning first to the psychology of meter and second to several examples of African polyrhythmic dances. The completely ahistorical nature of this comparison between Stravinsky and African polyrhythm carries with it a certain fascination of its own.
