Living tribute –
“The Dalcrozian method never weakens”
This year, the Jaques-Dalcroze Institute is honoring its founder, who died 75 years ago, with a series of events.
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- The Jaques-Dalcroze Institute is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the death of its founder.
- The events begin with a conference by Pierre Mifsud in January.
- A night of musical improvisation will take place to close the festivities.
- A study shows that rhythmic music reduces the risk of falling by 50%.
This year, the Jaques-Dalcroze Institute is celebrating the 75the anniversary of the death of its founder. The opportunity to spend a year 2025 through numerous events, with joy and sharing, two elements dear to the method of rhythm and music theory imagined by the musician and teacher Émile Jaques-Dalcroze.
A year full of surprises
The festivities kick off on Thursday January 16, with a conference by French actor Pierre Mifsud. Surprising for an institute that advocates movement? “Pierre Mifsud will digress around rhythm and its founder Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, it will be a sort of kaleidoscopic wandering, lively and full of humor!”, promises Hélène Nicolet, director of the institute, in office since one year.
The founder’s family will also be invited on May 22 to talk about the man through stories and anecdotes. At the start of the school year in September, the director of the institute will discuss the educational aspect of Jaques-Dalcroze.
The “final bouquet” of this jubilee will take place on October 11, on the occasion of the return of improv night, a signature event of the institute which had not taken place for twenty years: “From 4 p.m. until the next morning, students and parents will follow performances by guest artists, jam sessions and participatory workshops in the form of musical improvisation, before meeting up for a musical dawn at Eaux-Vives beach. , rejoices Hélène Nicolet.
-Freedom of the body
One hundred and ten years after the founding of the school, its success still continues. This is demonstrated by the approximately 2,000 students each year, aged between 16 months and 106 years, who take courses there to begin or improve their skills. For Hélène Nicolet, this success can be explained by the strength of the Dalcrozian method, which, as its name does not indicate, is very adaptive.
“More than a century after the creation of the Jaques-Dalcroze Institute, the principles and applications of the method of the same name continue to surprise us. In a world anchored in digital, the place of movement and group learning is necessary,” she describes.
Seniors are not left out. Through a project launched in collaboration with the University Hospitals of Geneva, courses for the elderly have been strengthened. An approach which is enjoying growing success, and whose benefits are proven: “A scientific study carried out in collaboration with the HUG demonstrated that regular rhythm practice among seniors reduced the risk of falling by 50%,” explains the director.
Hélène Nicolet also has other ambitions: “We would like to open an annex of the institute on the Right Bank, an old dream that still drives us.”
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Andrea Di Guardo has been a journalist at the Tribune de Genève since March 2024. Attached to the cultural section, he is also interested in local and international subjects. He holds a Master’s degree in journalism and communication and a Bachelor’s degree in political science.More info
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