Grande leçon de danse Ingeborg Liptay

Recorded at the CND 10 January 2012

The “Grandes leçons de danse” are a means for discovering the practice and the theory of a specific teaching, the universe of a “master”, pedagogical approaches and different aesthetics. The public is invited to participate, in close-up, in the work of professional dancers in a way that has never been seen before.

Ingeborg, body, sound, space, movement

“The body is greater than concepts. By listening to the body, we are set free from concepts. Certain music is vital for me when it hits on a certain sound, this sound that creates the link between substance and spirit. Sound in itself, is already a space. (…) Music is ever-so delicate, ever-so subtle… Opportunities are sublimely palpable”.

Music inspires me greatly, especially contemporary jazz. Today, certain approaches contemplate dancing as totally independent from music. Maybe, so that one does not fall into a mechanical trap. Or to create contrasts. It is an aesthetic choice that is possible. However, I believe that only the individual, who has achieved a genuine, lived musicality, can claim to overstep it. I believe that an in-depth musical education is indispensable.

… The magic of movement is elusive. It seems that no pedagogical system, no matter how advanced it may be, is able to capture it. We have to accept this, yet remain determined to learn the technical and practical possibilities relentlessly. Learning should make this fact clear. Regardless of the virtuoso that we may be, if the body, the soul and the sound do not join in unison, then the dance does not reveal its incredible essence.

Going far also means coming close. Dance is a path, a journey towards ourself.

Ingeborg Liptay, December 1989

Further information

Ingeborg Liptay Website

Updating: June 2012